[Tethers] Two Can Play 2/2

Title: Two Can Play
Universe: Tethers, Pre-canon
Characters: Rathi of the Cinders/Sinoun
Rated: M
Enticements: Sexual Content
Description: Rathi has more time than she knows what to do with, before she has to take the throne, and she’ll find her entertainment where she can – even if it comes at the hands of a mysterious auburn stranger.


Part Two

Late morning sunlight streams over her eyes, and Rathi groans, turning away from it. Her head pounds. Her mouth tastes like sandpaper. Her abdomen hurts.

"I was wrong," she moans, pulling a pillow over her head. "It wasn't worth it."

An airy chuckle rings through the air. 'But quite amusing to watch.'

Rathi peers out from under the pillow, but her vision is fuzzy, and she can't find a single reflective surface in the room she doesn't much remember paying for. She hopes she paid for it. If not, she'll have to make her apologies and hand over the proper coin.

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