In a split second he was tense and ready for anything that might happen.
Then from the foot of the bed he heard a soft voice say,
“Most Noble and Exalted Lord, your humble concubine, Perfect Pearl, asks permission to approach you in humility and in submission to your will.”
For a moment he was astonished that Zivana was there and then he understood.
She had a reason for coming and was in the process of warning him that what she was saying was overheard.
It was essential that those who were listening should believe that she was just performing the function she had been brought on the journey for.
As her voice died away, Stanton Ware replied,
“Approach, Perfect Pearl. I welcome you and I was in fact waiting impatiently for you to come to me. Without you close beside me the night woul
