“I understand it as an adult.I know where the blame lies.I just need to get into better shape before I can have a chat with them.I got very good at hand-to-hand in the arena.”She smiled brightly.
Her grandfather said, “You wouldn’t.”
“Just straight combat.No poison.”
Her grandmother came in, and a smiling servant wandered in behind her.“Ival, do you remember Tyish?This is her granddaughter Priana.”
“Hello, Priana.Have you been briefed on my status?”
Priana looked nervous.“You are promised to the sand dragon.”
“Aside from that.I am regenerating the thicker skin on my hands and feet and will be moving slow and needing soft stuff under my heels for a few weeks.”
Priana nodded.“Do you need help moving around, miss?”
“Only if I ask for it.I am fine to walk, but I am slow.”She tapped in her com to tell Zera and a few others that she was home and safe.
Zera responded,Any treatments yet?
No.
On it.
Zera stopped responding, and Ival frowned.“Nandy, what kind of treatments was I supposed to have?”
“Your skin needs a heavy moisturizer for a few days until you rebalance fat and collagen.I will help you apply it after dinner.”
“Okay.Expect a call from Zera.She’s upset I haven’t had one already.”
Nandy frowned.“Do you feel okay?”
“A little hot and kind of tight.”
There was a knock at the door, and Priana went to answer it.A stunned Priana came into the living room that overlooked the central gardens.Riimal was there with a slight smile.“Madam, sir, I am here to assist your granddaughter with her healing.”
Nandy blushed.“I was going to help her after dinner.”
“Apparently, she requires the help now.We will be out in half an hour.Was the table delivered?”
“It was, Your Highness.”
“The oils?”
“Those as well.They are in the second door on the left, in the reflection room.”
Riimal nodded.“I will return her shortly.”He turned to her, lifted her out of the very comfortable chair, and carried her to the reflection room that had a low, flat pool, and on one side of it was a massage table.A table with a tray filled with bottles and large jars was standing to one side.
“Well, Ival, I need you to remove your dress.”
She nodded, removed the sash that held her dress in place, and then slowly pulled her dress up and off, moving to set it aside on another low table.
She slowly pulled her slippers off and said, “What next?”
He looked at her and exhaled.“So very many things, but allow me to help you face down on the table.He is going to treat your hands and feet first, and then I will work on your skin.”
She blinked, and he put an arm under her knees and ribs and lifted her to settle her on the bed.She frowned when he lifted her hand to his lips.His eyes glowed bright gold, and then a forked tongue came out and worked over her palm and then her fingers.He lifted his head and smiled, his scales very visible.“How did that feel?”
“Warm.Wet.I thought you would have a lisp.”
