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on the owner of the gravelly voice. By the side of the bed, a rather formidable, matronly woman dressed in the livery of the Medirian royal house stood with her hands fisted on her hips glaring at him. Though darker skin tone denoted Nissian ancestry, her obvious Aradab musculature added to her redoubtable appearance while the chain full of keys hanging from her belt identified her as the palace housekeeper. Behind her, a couple of older maids stared down their noses at him.
    “Did you hear me, you lascivious womanizer? If you want to take a woman to your bed, then do it in your assigned room. This one was empty so now you’ve made more work for my maids.” She crossed her arms over her ample bosom. “And if I discover it was one of my maids who brought you here, she’ll be doing extra work. She’s lucky she left you before I found the two of you fornicating. She’d be looking for a new job.”
    Ademis didn’t need the housekeeper’s affirmation that he was alone. Though he hadn’t heard Meri’s departure, the eldest daughter of the king certainly didn’t want to get caught in bed with a Drakian. As soon as he’d awakened, the lack of perfumed warmth from the other side of the bed had told him she was gone. Closing his eyes, he smiled. They’d had quite a night. Never in his wildest imagination had he dreamed he’d have fantastic sex with a Medirian princess nor that she’d be so uninhibited.
    “Harbinger of the dols and orcs or not, if you don’t get out of that bed right now, I’ll send for the Matriarch’s grandsons and let them drag you bare-assed naked through the corridors. I don’t care how important or famous you are, I’ll not have you mussing my clean rooms with your Drakian debauchery!”
    Ademis cracked his eyelids again. He doubted that she needed any help from anyone, although the two harridans behind her looked like they’d like to get their hands on him. The housekeeper looked strong enough to haul him through the corridors herself. And the way she was now cracking her knuckles intimated she just might try.
    Smiling, he threw off the light sheet that covered his hips and legs and rose to his feet. “As you wish, madam.”
    Obviously unimpressed by his nakedness, she sniffed and pointed to the floor. “Take your clothes with you and leave by the balcony. I’ll not have you stalking about stark naked and sending my maids and the king’s guests into a tizzy.”
    The two women behind the housekeeper dropped their gazes to his cock. Neither smiled, but the one on the left winked at him.
    Ademis never stopped smiling. Bowing, he grabbed the housekeeper’s hand and bussed the back of it. As he straightened, he asked, “And how might I find my room, madam? In all honesty, I’m not quite sure where I am. The palace is rather large.”
    Smiles trembled on the maids’ lips. The housekeeper’s face remained stern but grudging respect flickered in her eyes. “Once you’re on the balcony, go right then up the stairs and then left. The door to the sitting room of the Alalakan suite will be the second one you come to.”
    After a nod, Ademis bent, gathered up his clothing, tucked them under his arm and strode out through the balcony door—naked. Like any Drakian, he didn’t really give a damn who saw him without his clothing on.
    “Not bad for a Drakian,” he heard one of the maids say. “He’s got some flesh and muscle on those bones. Not so skinny like so many of them are. I’d give him a try in my bed if he were interested.”
    “Get your mind from between your legs and get to work, Salisaa,” the housekeeper snapped.
    Chuckling as he followed the housekeeper’s directions, Ademis headed for his room where he planned to shower, dress and search for Meri. Somehow, the sex he’d shared with her last night had been different than anything he’d ever experienced before and he wanted to discover why.
    “If you hurt her, I’ll kill you.”
    Pulling up short as he reached the level