Well camel balls! The Prince turned to them and she felt his scrutinizing eyes upon her. It was her perception that he was sizing her up, at least.  The water was at least cool and refreshing, and she wanted to stay right where she was, just only if it was further from the Prince's bed.<br/><br/>For the past weeks she'd been kept naked and abused and the mention of being naked didn't bother her. The thought of yet another man oogling her and grabbing her goodies made her sick. The thought of the woman's sneer made her want to wrap her slender fingers around Aisha's giraffe neck and squeeze. That, too, was not Aisha's fault, it was the ridicule of others and their cruel touch on her feminine curves. She wasn't disillusioned and knew that the man would likely desire the two women together, just as the guards she'd been abused by had wanted. In that time she'd found the other women there just as frightened as she was. Her heart broke when she thought of one of the women who had been gifted to a particularly nasty guard. No, she couldn't linger on those things, she couldn't think about things that hurt her heart while trying to find her place in her new surroundings.<br/><br/>The woman Aisha didn’t look excited to see her and she couldn't very well blame her. Were it not for the fear of the unknown and what would happen next, she might conspire to get herself fired from her position and tossed to someone else, or perhaps given a place of house slave in the home.  She doubted that her fortune could turn out that well, so she decided not to risk it. Who else but the current concubine would know what pushed the buttons of her Master?  Why she wanted to hold onto her place amongst the living, she had not an answer for but she didn't want to die.  What a waste of a life, for both women.  Her own husband had been beautiful, with long hair as dark as her own, and eyes that could make her fall back against any nearby surface from across the room, her knees weak just knowing that he was about to ravish her.  But that seemed to be ages ago now, and while she longed for a love like that she doubted that she'd ever again possess it.  She didn't want to intrude on the possibility of this Aisha having that either.  But her own life was not worth this stranger's happiness and that was where she decided that her priorities would lie.<br/><br/>Not foolish enough to think that he was about take any form of declination of his command, she still didn't move to stand. Divine covenant?<br/><br/>When she rose, she did so on her own without taking his outstretched hand, keeping her arms to herself.<br/>