17After several days of being awake and getting back to normal, Lake decided getting the Lyran royal treatment sucked. Everyone really did think he saved Rodu’s life. While it was nice to feel so important, it was also making him nuts.
His room had been lavishly decorated with comfortable furniture. New clothes arrived every few days until his closet was bursting. He had different dinner companions nearly every evening who made sure to provide entertainment that went on for hours. Dancing cat women were a lot of fun to watch, but the blade’s running chastisement in his head about his sexy admiration of them wasn’t.
The worst thing about his new fame ended up being the new limitations that went with it. Lake couldn’t dismiss the guard at his door or the ones escorting him around. He’d tri
