“Lata will find you a new place to sleep,” Malini said. “And we’ll make sure you’re reunited with any of your men that survived, I promise you.” “What if I stay here with you?” Priya asked. She gave Malini a watery smile, a teasing edge to her smoke-strained voice. “Just like I did when we were Ahiranya, and I was your very own maidservant? I could sleep on the floor. You wouldn’t even notice me.” “Priya,” Malini said, a tug of desperate fondness beneath her breastbone. “I always noticed you.”
