I don’t sleep with women unless I want to continue within an hour or two. It’s better not to touch Nika before morning, and I’m going to tell her that, but my neck is encircled by thin hands, and salty kisses slide over my lips.
“Good night, Timur!”
I watch the long, velvety eyelashes tremble on that flawless white face and speak into the dark.
“Don’t even think about getting attached to me, Veronika. You’re with me only as long as there’s just sex between us. If I notice anything, you’ll leave right away. Decide now.”
“I agree,” the answer comes from the darkness—and for some reason it makes me sick.
Continuation in the novel "The Taler Girls".
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The name of the main heroine of the "Flèsh Royal" duology—Dina Areeva—became the second pseudonym (nickname) of Tala Totska.