Wekniz rushed the
woman and child into the house. He knew he had no more than seconds to get them
hidden somewhere. There was one secret safe room in the home, but it was
crammed full of valuable belongings. There wasn’t enough time to put the
princess and her cousin in there and not leave a mess for Ket and his band of
soldiers to find. They’d figure out pretty quick where the pair were hiding.
As he ran down the
home’s main hall, Wekniz heard the sound of a shower running. An insane idea
hit, but it was all he had. “In here,” he shouted to the winded woman
staggering behind him as he veered into the clan’s sleeping room.
He hurried to the
adjoining lavatory, where the running shower had filled the room with steam.
The low lighting gave it a dreamlike quality, but Wekniz was in the middle of a
nightmare right now. Without warning, he flung the stall door open. Nur looked
over his shoulder at him, not immediately realizing they had company.
“Hey. What – wait –
shit!”
The Imdiko
spluttered and grabbed a washcloth to cover his nakedness as Wekniz shoved the
wide-eyed Noelle inside. Then the Nobek grabbed the woman and pushed her into
the stall too. She and Nur both yelled their surprise. The woman grabbed the
princess and covered her eyes even though Nur did a good job of hiding his
attributes.
Wekniz shouted to be
heard over them. “Ket and his men are coming! They’re looking for the princess,
so keep quiet!”
He slammed the door
on the astonished trio. Damn it, it wasn’t going to be enough, not with the
females’ scents hanging in the air.
Wekniz looked around
and spied a spritzer of Nur’s cologne. He grabbed it and started spraying
wildly.
The shower door
opened and Nur’s head popped out. He stared at Wekniz as the Nobek bombarded
the room with fragrance.
“Hey! That’s my most
expensive—”
“Stay in there!”
Wekniz yelled. He palmed Nur’s face and shoved him back into the stall,
slamming the door shut behind him.
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