“To see Daruka.”
“No.”
I tossed him an arched eyebrow look and didn’t break stride.
“I’m serious, Asmoday, don’t do it.”
“Don’t do what?”
“Don’t go up there and seduce her.She—she’s fragile right now.”
I snorted.“Daruka has never been fragile a day in her life.Besides, I’m not going to seduce her.”Although the ideadidhave merit.“I just want to talk to her.”And if talking led to seducing, don’t expect me to complain.
“Oh, well, if that’s all, okay.”
He followed me.All the way down the hall to Daruka’s door.
Guess there really would be no seduction anytime soon.
Bummer.
I rapped on the door.
No answer.I arched a brow at Krishna.
“Maybe she’s still sleeping,” he suggested.
Hmm.If it wasn’t me she was avoiding, then perhaps I could help stave off her caffeine addiction after all.At the very least, I could wish her good morning and receive a sleepy smile in return, setting my world back into balance.
I slipped an old skeleton key out of my pocket and thrust it into the lock.
The moment I stepped through the entry, my body was hit with what felt like a thousand jolts of electricity.My teeth clattered together, my eyes rolled into the back of my head, and my face and the floor became very close and painful acquaintances.
“Oh, shit,” I heard someone say from a distance.The electrical shocks had stopped, but my body was still shaking, which was the only thing it was capable of doing at the moment.I was pretty sure my nose was bleeding, probably from the impact with the wooden floorboards.
I couldn’t even push out a groan.
“Help me roll him over.”
I was flipped onto my back, and something soft was tucked under my head while something not quite as soft was swiped under my nose.Hopefully, I hadn’t pissed my pants.I’d lost full control of my facilities for a moment there.What the hell happened?
I needed to learn that trick, whatever it was.It might come in useful down the line.
Something was waved under my nose—smelling salts, maybe?I honestly had no clue, but all of a sudden, my eyes shot open and my surroundings came into focus.My fingers and toes were tingling, although I couldn’t yet move them.
Daruka’s face swam into view, and I actually sighed with relief.
“Did you do this to me?”I asked.
“I did,” she confirmed.“Why are you in my room?Are you stalking me?”
“I prefer the wordsdoting on.”
“Me?”
We definitely needed to work on our communication skills if she was this shocked by that revelation.
The feeling was returning to my appendages.“I’d suggest you take advantage of me while I’m unable to fight you off, but I’m pretty sure Krishna is still here.”
