Here is page 99 from the paperback of "Heart of the Emperor":
“Was all of this his idea?”
“I am quite cerrtain that you being stabbed was not what he forresaw.”
“Were you supposed to kidnap me?”
“No.”
“But you did. You cut me open to save me and you’re hoping to what? Use me to…?!”
“No.”
“Take me back to my cell!”
“It is not a cell,” he irritably replied. “It is yourr home.”
“I can’t do this! I can’t...”
He wrapped his arms around me as my voice was swallowed in my misery. “It is okay,” he assured me in “whispered words as I pounded upon his chest until all I had left was tears.
I leaned my head against his chest, wishing for the desolation to disappear. His arms tightened, as though he wanted to comfort me. I continued to cry in his embrace, not understanding anything. His simple words that were filled with confidence caused my anger to completely dissipate, leaving me to be consumed with how lost I felt by being here. The Commander scooped me up as my body began to crumble with fatigue.
“I will take you back to yourr rroom,” he stated in gentle tones.
I did not look up at him until he set me down on my bed. “I’m sorry, that I…”
“Do not be sorry,” he interrupted with compassionate tones. “I must go, but I will be back to brring you to dinnerr.”
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I nodded.
“Is therre anything I can do forr you?”
I shook my head.
“Rrest then.”
I laid my head down on the bed, closing my eyes as the door closed.
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Apple(iBooks)
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Rakuten Kobo
Smashwords
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