Caelum
I had gone to great pains to prepare a settee with comfortable furs and cushions and goosedown pillows, all so that she could fall asleep quickly. I was eager to begin my study, to explore the depths of her ability, which had already proven — even in her unskilled, untrained state — to be superior to anything I had encountered in my four hundred years.
I invited her in politely and offered her a glass of strong wine to soften her mood. I had stopped trying to glamour her since we arrived at the keep. I found her wolf was less troublesome if I relied on my natural charms rather than my supernatural power. I waited for her to drink the wine before I asked, “Are you ready to begin?”
Kaida sat in the chair across from me with her hands folded in her lap and her chin level and said, “
