“Since this is a new position with new duties, I have tried to be lenient. That may have been a mistake,” he began. Shea barely managed to conceal her flinch at the ice in his voice. “For future reference, my personal guards do not ask to be dismissed. They leave when I tell them to. They also do not accost my guests in my own chambers. If this happens again, I will have you stripped to your skin, tied to a post and whipped bloody. You are not my Tolroi. You chose to throw that offer back in my face. You’ve chosen to be a guard, and you will act with all the décor of one. If you fail, you
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