The next morning, I could barely believe that I fell asleep before things could get hot, but Khutulun was a good sport about it, it had been her purpose to lull me to sleep, rather than have some steamy action.
To my surprise, General Fei insisted on accompanying us further east, seeing as he was feeling much better, but as his healer, I had to protest.
“You only feel better because my chi is still coursing through you, the moment it runs out, you’ll be in a world of pain.”
“It is a pain I know and that I can take. With all due respect, abandoning you to a battlefield where both sides want you dead is not something I’m comfortable with, your majesty.”
Truth be told, neither was I. I was confident I could fight off the invaders…. But the army at my back? I wasn’t too sure I had it in me to fight my own countrymen, traitors or not.