Jenny awoke the next morning to find herself alone. Dismayed, she peered about sleepily for some sign of Jeiel, but it appeared he had left even earlier than she thought he would. The fact that he left her without a word bothered her, and it amazed her how much she missed him already. Groaning at the long, lonely day ahead of her, she glanced over at the digital timescan on a nearby table, realizing that Ketta and the other servants might be waltzing in with her breakfast at any moment. Not wanting them to find her naked in Jeiel’s vast bed, she quickly scurried from the bed and into the...