Thank God you're alive! Mikael breathed convulsively, enclosing me in a strong hug, and I buried my nose in his chest with pleasure, inhaling such a familiar and almost native smell with notes of ginger, cedar and lime. - Hello, sunshine! Your majesty, your lordship,” he nodded respectfully to the emperor, and then to Vatiel. “Theodore,” he smiled affably at his old acquaintance, who did not dare to sit down on the same sofa with the emperor and the prince, but stood modestly on the sidelines.

- I missed you so much! I purred into the velvet fabric of my camisole.

“I missed you so much too!” Your men scared...