Massage

"I came prepared." He said. "Are you ready?"

Her cheeks were tinted red. But she cleared her throat yet again and composed herself. "Have you tried it on anyone before?"

"Nope." He shook his head. "It's too precious to be used on just anyone. I had to use most of my stock of ultra-rare herbs and other ingredients I got from the High King."

"Father in law gave you herbs from the Royal treasury?" She squinted. 

"It was an old bet. And apparently, he is a man of his words."

She relaxed her frown. A sense of relief grew in her heart. Better raw materials meant a better chance of success.

She got up on her feet, her face redder than before. Her smooth hands reach the cincture and began to untie it. Halfway through, she turned towards Adrian, only to see him staring at her body. Her face flushed even more.

"Look away!" She rebuked.

The smile on his face grew wider as he turned to his left.