I couldn’t fall asleep, rolling in my bed, pondering. I was nervous. Tomorrow was my twenty fifth birthday and in my family it was kind of a big deal. If you were woman that is. Every female, as far as anyone could remember, seemed to blow up after reaching this age. It didn’t matter how slim and skinny you were before, there seemed to be no escape from this fate.
I was determined to be the one to change it, to be the exception from the rule. I didn’t spend hours upon hours in the gym just to let my toned athletic figure disappear. I worked too hard to get my rock hard abs and there was no way I would let it go in vain jus
Nina’s plan was working perfectly. Step one; infiltrate the lord’s palace – that had been easy. Lord Clarence received regular gifts of concubines from the king, and it had been as simple as disguising herself as one of them. Once inside his palace, step two was even simpler; wait for the perfect moment to strike.
The only slight snag was that ‘simple’ did not necessarily imply ‘timely’. As it turned out, the good Lord Clarence didn’t make much use of his extensive harem of concubines, instead preferring the company of his wife – indeed, Nina had now been waiting for nearly two months with