Renato stood beside the bed, rolling his shoulders to make sure the Mountain's Embrace he had just put on sat properly.
His movements woke the sweat-drenched female Drow.
Tristana poked her head out from beneath the covers, her white hair plastered messily to her forehead and an unusual flush still lingering on her cheeks.
Frowning, the female Drow irritably kicked the damp covers off the bed. The soft fabric slid over the foot of the bed and landed in a heap on the floor.
She rubbed her eyes, her voice as hoarse as if her mouth were full of sand:
"Where are you going? Get me a glass of water first."
Renato looked at the beautiful naked body before him, still bearing several red marks he had left with his own hands.
Taking a deep breath, Renato suppressed his rekindled desire, turned to pour a glass of water from the table, and handed it to her.
Tristana took the glass and drank deeply, water trickling from the corners of her mouth onto the sheets.
Renato waited until she put the glass down before sighing and answering:
"You won't let me into the family library, so all I can do is check the Breath of Tonnigat for more work. A man needs something to do. I can't spend all day sitting around in the courtyard..."
"Why do you keep going to those lowborn wretches?"
There was an accusatory edge to Tristana's voice, which left Renato rather baffled.
He could only continue explaining:
"The powers in the Gray Zone are being reshuffled right now. Plenty of jobs have no one to take them, so naturally the pay has gone up. I earned five hundred gold coins on my last job alone..."
"Sit down." The Priestess leaned against the headboard, her brows tightly