Total pages in book: 116
Estimated words: 109099 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 545(@200wpm)___ 436(@250wpm)___ 364(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 109099 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 545(@200wpm)___ 436(@250wpm)___ 364(@300wpm)
“Please, Mistress!” he moaned softly. “Please don’t make me! I swear I’ll do better next time—please.”
Despite having no idea what the two of them might have done to me the night before, I felt a surge of compassion for the lovely Fae. I reached out a hand to wake him up…and then drew it back reluctantly as I remembered my plan to try and sneak out early and go back to my minivan.
Both of the Fae were sleeping soundly so I climbed out of bed as quietly as I could and started hunting for my clothes. The dirty jeans and sweater I’d had on the night before were long gone, but I found my jacket and it still had the car keys in one pocket—good. I also found the champagne silk nightgown and robe Krynn had given me on the floor by the side of the bed.
As I bent to pick them up, a long sheaf of hair fell over my eyes, obscuring my vision. I frowned and started to push it out of the way impatiently…then stopped.
The hair was clearly mine—I could feel it in my scalp when I tugged on it. But it was much longer than it had been the night before. And somehow it had changed color.
Forgetting that I was naked, I grabbed more of my hair and examined it. Instead of being mousy brown with streaks of gray, it was now silvery white with streaks of…
“Purple?” I muttered to myself, looking at the long, silky strands. “What in the world?”
I shot a glance at the bed, where the two big Fae were still fast asleep. Had they dyed my hair while I was asleep? But why would they do something like that? Also, how had my hair grown so long in such a short period of time? Did it have anything to do with the weirdly delicious wine I’d been drinking the night before?
My nails were different too, I now noticed. Instead of being short and stubby, (I had been biting them due to stress,) they were long and oval and looked perfectly manicured. Also, my skin looked paler and smoother—it almost seemed to shimmer—which must be a trick of the light.
I shook my head at the weirdness of the whole situation. Somehow while I slept my hair had been changed and I had been given the best manicure I’d ever received. I must have been really out of it not to realize all that was happening to me.
A cold little thought crept into my mind. If I had slept through having my hair and nails changed, what else might I have slept through? What had Seldarin and Krynn done to me while I was apparently unconscious?
My hand went involuntarily to the place between my legs, but I didn’t feel sore there at all. I did feel more sensitive but there was nothing to indicate that I’d been assaulted in any way, which was a huge relief. But what if—
At that moment, Seldarin sighed and turned over in the bed. I froze in place, still naked as I watched the big Fae. I was waiting for his eyes to open…but luckily he simply made a soft snoring sound and continued sleeping. Krynn was sleeping more deeply now too—his bad dream apparently over.
Deciding that I would worry later about the strange make-over I had apparently had in my sleep, I picked up the nightgown and robe and swiftly slipped them on. As I did, I noticed something strange about my breasts—were they bigger and firmer now? But that was crazy—wasn’t it? I might convivially sleep through having my hair and nails done, but there was no way I would sleep through a boob job—and no way such an extensive surgery would heal overnight.
Anyway, I didn’t have time to find out—I had to go. I found the matching slippers and put them on my feet, glad that I wasn’t going to be barefoot once I reached the forest.
If I could get there—first I had to find my way out of this maze of a palace. I grabbed a handful of berries from last night’s dinner tray to munch on as I navigated the winding tunnels and looked longingly at the cold remains of the delicious not-quite-chicken. I wished I had some Tupperware or a to-go box to pack it away in. It was hands-down the best food I’d ever had in my life and I wasn’t sure when I’d get to eat again.
But even the promise of the delicious Fae food couldn’t keep me from sneaking away. I wasn’t the Lost Princess and I didn’t belong here in this gorgeous palace—I didn’t want to have to deal with the consequences when Seldarin and Krynn realized that.
Also, I didn’t want to deal with whatever I had presumably started the night before with the two big Fae. I still had no explanation as to why I had woken up naked between them. The last thing I remembered was drinking the delicious wine that tasted like melted jelly and then feeling dizzy. I didn’t think I’d been assaulted but it was still extremely weird, especially considering the changes to my hair and nails—I needed to get away.