LARA’S POV

“I am sorry, Chamlar, I didn’t get you,” I said with a bow.

She repeated. “I have ordered for some slaves to be captured, and the warriors would be returning with them today. I need you to go over the captives and pick the best out of them for me” she said word for word.

I was astonished. I had almost thought that I had not heard her clearly the first time but I was wrong, she meant every bit of what she had said. She was lying down on her bed while Mia was applying some ointment on her legs. I sat on the stool beside her...