Zetia saw my discomfort and pulled me to her. “Von, don’t worry about it. Your wife knows what that woman wants and she is a good planner. Don’t think that warrior was assigned to our door by some random chance.”
Julie continued her whispering with the highly muscle-toned guard as Zetia, and I walked down the hallway towards the stairs. As we started down the creaking-wood stairs I looked over my shoulder. I saw Julie pushing the young woman into our bedroom and closing the door behind them. “Oh Moon Mother, the pheromones,” I thought. “The poor woman is going to go crazy.” Even though Julie had closed the door I knew she was smiling.
“See, your wife is just sealing the deal,” Zetia said, a bit smugly, still guiding me down the stairs. “We want capable and trustworthy women to handle communications with the magic mirrors. Your other wives are busy building their new home …show more content…
“Department is the right word right?” Zetia asked.
I sighed and confirmed it with a silent nod.
“My mistress says she is multi-tasking, whatever that is. That Wolf was the last one on the list.”
“List?” I asked, as we walked into the common room.
“Sure, all the other female Wolves have committed to joining your Clan,” Zetia confirmed.
“I am so lucky they haven’t signed employment contracts for the mercenary company,” I thought. “Hajin would kill me. He will be mad anyway, these are his best men out of the training company. I’ll make it up to him with some tech gadget, maybe a wrist communicator like I gave Sparrow.”
“Why the sour look?” Zetia jokingly asked.
“Hajin.”
She covered her mouth trying to hold back a laugh. I didn’t think it was funny.
“He is on Convey. Don’t worry the training master won’t take your head off,” Zetia said, half-lying. “Lady Derwen does sponsor his training company, and it is her business.”
“Still. He works hard to keep that mercenary company the best in the world,” I said.
“Julie said you’d over think this,” Zetia persisted with a