Chapter Sixteen
Felicia awoke cuddled up close to Neha. The couch, which also served as a bed, was small enough to make such closeness necessary. The harem was kept warm, but never quite warm enough for sleeping in the nude, so the women usually paired up for the night. They could have been provided with light blankets, but covering up was apparently forbidden. It was one of the many things that Felicia was learning through observation, since no one, not even Neha, would explain all the rules to her. Well, the other women didn’t seem to speak English anyway, so it was unlikely that they could explain anything to her even if they wanted to. And they didn’t seem to want to. In fact, they didn’t seem to like her at all.
Lying quietly in the dark, Felicia could just hear Neha’s slow, deep b
