[Day 2 - Mid-day - the day after Lothar and Haedin leave for Eos]

Tem wandered through the dimly and seductively lit, extravgant  halls of 
the home of the Lord of Daorith Pass, Haedin Meradh. Thick carpets 
andlavish rugs covered the floor, and expensive paintings lined the 
walls.Sensual, enticing smells drifted down the corridors, while 
scantily clad men and women quietly hurried to do their daily chores.

Tem could understand why Lothar had been so easily distracted while   
staying here, it was a far cry from the Tellari estates, and had a 
muchmore unwholesome feel to it.
"Sir these are the private quarters of Lord Meradh. I am sorry but you 
will have to leave." Said an apologetic servant, who looked about as he 
rung his hands nervously in front of him.

Tem stood and looked down the corridor. It interested him, what were  
Haedin's chambers like? What dark secrets were hidden in this forbidden 
part of the house? Tem hid his smile at the servants discomfort. 
Obviously the house hold staff didn't know exactly where Tem stood in 
their masters favour, he had arrived with a knife to his throat but was 
now at liberty to wander the house and it's estate.

"Of course, of course if these are off limit then I shall have a wander 
else where." Said Tem in a friendly manner planning on when to come back 
and take a secret look.


[Day 2 - Evening]


Tem soaked himself in a deep hot bath. His firm muscular body relaxing 
after a hard day of working out. Tem had run around Haedin's perfect  
gardens for most of the morning in the hot sun and had practiced his  
sword skills with several of the guards for most of the afternoon. Now 
he relaxed as a young serving girl scrubbed his body and washed his hair 
and generally pampered his every whim.

"What's your name?" asked Tem taking an interest in the girl.
"Talia sir." Said the girl deferentially her eyes looking down at the 
floor.
"Tell me about yourself, where you come from, things like that." Tem  
asked pointedly looking at the girl and studying her.

"I am nineteen and have been a member of Lord Meradh's staff for five 
years. My father was a minor, unknown  lord of a small and impoverished 
estate. I have never known my mother, she died shortly after giving 
birth."
So how come you're working as a servant for Haedin?"
"I was sold to Lord Meradh to alleviate my fathers financial debts."
"I see." Said Tem thinking of the bad fortune of Talia who had been sold 
into slavery by her father, especially after being nobility. "Will you 
father buy you back?"
"No, he'd never be able to afford me. Lord Meradh has trained me up to 
be a perfect serving girl, and so my value will have increased."
"Is this common practice?" asked Tem. Talia nodded. Tem lay back in the 
hot water studying Talia.

She was very beautiful,her clothes bearly hid her volumptous curves and 
sensuous body, she had long dark raven black hair and deep dark eyes. As 
Tem studied her it dawned on him that she was similar in a lot of ways 
to Sherri. Obviously not a coincidence that it was Talia who was his 
servant  girl.

"Do you miss your home?" asked Tem.
"I've trained myself not to thin about it." Said Talia fending off his 
question.
"What about your father, does he contact you?"
"No I've never heard from him since, and wouldn't want to."
"So you don't know what's happened to your home since you've been here?"
"Not exactly, I hear bits and pieces from the other servants and guards. 
My father married again, to a daughter of a rich merchant, and all the 
debts have been cleared. My fathers brother in law governs the estate 
for him. Apparently it is quite a prosperous estate these days."

"What about heirs?" asked Tem
"I am my fathers only child, it seems that his wife is either barren or 
only married for convienience sake. My 'uncle' would stand to inherit 
the estate and title."

"If you want, you can join me in the tub." Offered Tem, interested to 
see her reaction.
"If that is what my lord desires." Said Talia standing up and 
unfastening her flimsy white dress which fell to lie in a pool about her 
feet. Tem gazed at her perfect body, it was Sherri's only twenty years 
younger.

"I am not ordering you Talia, I am asking you. There is no correct   
answer, if you wish to bathe with me then get in the tub, if you don't 
then decline. I am a man enough to take rejection, and I don't want to 
force anyone into bed with me."

Talia looked at Tems muscular tanned body and dark good looks and smiled 
sweetly at Tem as she climbed into the tub.

NRPG Hi guys, just a post about Tem. I'll get a Billy post out soon. I'm 
leaving my current job on Thursday so my James.Carden@gbhap.com won't be 
working, or if it is I won't be reading it!!!!! 

Hugs to you all
James
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