The Queen's Passionate Advances: The Courtesan's Kingdom, #3

By Olive Sharp

At the behest of one Lady Lenna, Onna has been invited to Thavison, the queen's private residence, an honor no other common-born woman has yet received. What starts as a pleasant and dreamlike excursion soon turns awkward as the queen's attention falls to her, raising conflicting feeling inside of her, as she has yet resigned herself to the sour turn her relationship with the princess has taken. Caught up in a potentially embarrassing situation, she runs into the last person she expects to see there and is afforded an opportunity she had thought lost, but at what cost?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Olive Sharp
• Release date: Jun 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223697114

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Iguide her into the sun room that stands behind her table and chairs, our meal forgotten as I take great pains to push the neckline of her dress down her shoulders, tugging playfully at the laces as I kiss an arrow shape into her exposed back, starting at one shoulder, reaching her neck, then down her spine and up again, to finish at the opposite shoulder. She shudders under my ministrations, the most demonstrative of the women I see on a regular basis. Her moans are by far the most genuine, the sweetest, freely given over and over again.

How would you have me, milady? I ask, turning her. Taking her face between my hands, I kiss her lush, pink mouth, gentle and inquisitive, as I tug at her dress...

Chapter One

Y ou really must come , my dear, Lady Lenna insists as she spreads jelly onto her slice of toasted bread. Her knife scrapes annoyingly across the surface again and again and again. Scratch scratch scratch. Globs of the purple, jewel-toned substance reach almost to the crust and threaten to spill over onto the lady’s dress. I look into my lap, wringing my napkin between my fingers, and wait patiently for Lenna to explain what so desperately requires my presence. When she continues to be more focused on her food than finishing her statement, I prod more closely.

And where would that be, milady? I ask, lifting my teacup to my lips, turning my gaze to the sky to appear more nonchalant. For the many small... aggravations she invites into my life, her garden is especially beautiful. All green and lush and perfumed with thousands of spicy, brightly colored flowers. They invite a sense of ease, which I need as I think of the thousands of different things she might like me to attend. None of them have ever appealed. Yet Lenna has ever been a gracious and cordial host to me, always tender with me, taking those pleasures from me which she cannot find with her husband. Her tastes are tame and that is something to be enjoyed from time to time, though I may be ungrateful about it in the privacy of my own thoughts.

She chews thoughtfully on her toast, lifting her thumb to the corner of her mouth, crunching the overcooked bread between her teeth.