The Warrior's Pet(24)

"I don't even know why you want to help." Sabin huffed as he looked at the knives. "None of these are very nice. The Daimio of the Scelus Cadi carries a jeweled blade."

Giselle realized Sabin was talking about Vigdis.

"A man who is rich of spirit," Giselle pointed to her heart. "does not need to wear his wealth on the outside." Giselle told the child.



Kagan quo Rordan

"Daimio." One of his men contacted Kagan on his handheld.

"Go ahead."

"Did you know that your pet speaks?" The warrior reported in surprise.

"Yes." Kagan sighed. "What is she doing now?"

"Well she threatened me with a blade that she's cleaning with Sabin."

"Of course." Kagan thought.

His pet spoke when she wasn't supposed to. Why wouldn't she also be handling warrior's weapons and threatening his men? Giselle was too spirited for her own good. Although Kagan didn't want to kill that spirit, he also couldn't have her threatening his men with weapons.

"Okay, I'll handle it." Kagan replied.

Kagan turned Idris around and made his way back toward the transport holding his pet and the child. What was he going to do about her? No doubt half the warriors had seen her behavior.

Kagan approached the wagon and noticed the clump of warriors got thicker, but quickly dispersed when they saw him coming. As Kagan saw Giselle he realized what his men were preoccupied by. Giselle sat erect her breast thrust out. Her flaxen hair was pulled up atop her head with two daggers sticking out. The warrior's ink on her shoulder proudly displayed for all to see.

Giselle handled a knife without fear, running a leather cloth across the blade. It was almost an erotic act the way she stroked it. When she smiled it was radiant. Giselle looked like a warrior goddess, no wonder the men were enthralled.

His little pet did not see him as Sabin spoke of how grand the enemy's weapons were. Little did the tiny warrior realize but efficiency and function was its own beauty.

"A man who is rich of spirit does not need to wear his wealth on the outside." Giselle pointed to her heart as she spoke the wise words to Sabin. The boy seemed to consider what she said.

Kagan was even more conflicted. He never knew what was going to come out of Giselle's mouth. She was insightful one moment then inciting him the next.

He would be expected to reprimand Giselle and it would have to be in front of the men. Problem was Kagan didn't know how he could do that with the way Giselle responded to him spanking her. Maybe it was a fluke after the way he'd touched her while bathing. Maybe he treated her too gently.

Kagan shook his head not happy with what he was left to do. Well her punishment would have to wait till later, their caravan was moving at top speed and couldn't pause till nightfall. Till then Kagan would have to keep a better eye on his pet before she distracted the men and got them all killed.

"So I leave you alone for a few hours and you disobey me." Kagan spoke.

Sabin jumped looking worried but Giselle just gave him a casual glance. Kagan leaned over and wrapped one arm around Giselle and plucked her from the transport. He set her in front of him on Idris.

"You are doing a good job please continue." He told Sabin before heading back toward the front of the line. The boy smiled and got back to work, but cast a nervous glance to Giselle.

"That was nice of you." Giselle said as they rode. She hadn't spoken in their tent at first meal so he was a bit surprised she did so now. Then again Giselle seemed to like the boy.

"Jeezelle" Kagan admonished her for speaking.

"Well I was starting to think you were nice."

Kagan couldn't believe her sass.

"You've got one punishment coming for speaking out of turn and threatening my warrior. Are you sure you want to make it any worse?"

"Don't forget holding weapons. By the way I need a blanket or something. I'm going to burn to a crisp much less freeze and my girly bits are rubbing on this furry beast and that's just nasty."

Giselle wasn't affected by Kagan's threat at all as she made her demand. Kagan almost laughed at the comment about her woman's place rubbing on Idris but resisted. He looked at the flush of Giselle's skin and realized she was right. Slaves and pets didn't wear clothes and yet his little pet wasn't like the Toufik or even the thick skinned Cadi. Kagan realized with a bit of chagrin he'd neglected that aspect in tending to her.

"I have been remiss in your care. I apologize." Kagan said before pulling a blanket from the pack on the back of his manx. He wrapped it around Giselle and tucked it in.

"Thank you. You are forgiven." Giselle turned her face up to him and gave him a genuine smile.

"You will still be reprimanded later." Kagan said hating to kill her lovely expression. "If you were one of my men who disobeyed it would be the same. Be thankful you are not male or I'd take the strap to you."