Chapter 111

When she arrived back at the house of Saade Malek he refused to touch her and every time he saw her he eyed her with disdain. Not that it bothered her. Even though he had hired Adla again for some false purification of her body to purge her of Rekujn's evil seeds he still refused to have her. It was a small blessing that gave Cleopoda joy. She was free to move about without fear that at night she would be visited by the Saade. Now that her monthly flow had come she was even more scared of becoming pregnant. Carrying a child for any man if Amire would be the final nail in her coffin. She would hate such a child she was sure of it. So unbothered was she about the affairs of the Saade that she did not realize that his appointment as a correspondent for the Amires to the Camelorn was finalized. Her second year living in Amire was almost over and the beginning of the third year was the beginning of celebration for his appointment.