Sneak Snippet from King Kynneth; Book III in The Atriian Trilogy

Sam’s jaw tightened. “I’m trying to be patient, Christa. To give you time to come to terms with your fate. Surent yon must see was fating did land yon at Zeria. Was fating did land me there five segs later. Why do yon think you passed through the bathing room at the exact grain I was using it?”

“I heard a roggi,” she replied defiantly.

He fingered the beard in his lap, his eyes glittering dangerously. “You were decked as one pleasurer.”

“At least I had clothes on.”

He grinned devilishly. “Yon did tremble as one tippet.”

“You had a blade to my throat.”

“Yon did near fall in faint.”

“And yon did near get kicked in the kagege.”

A rumbling sounded in his chest, a throaty chuckle that sent an unpleasant tingling down her spine. She folded her hands coolly in her lap. “When did you know it was me?”

His grin vanished. “The grain yon eyes met mine. The grain mine heart began to beat again.”