Relia

The olive skinned pleasure **** is certainly the best you've had in a while, but she is used to rough treatment by men and her lot will not change much with the fall of the city, the skinny blonde as well understands what a woman must do to be pleasing. Relia on the other hand might not even survive her first hour at the hands of the hordes who are overrunning the city, and there is that intriguing potential that keeps tempting you. Her face is pleasing enough, a little round in the chin perhaps, and her wheat colored hair is long and healthy, free of her veil it frames her features nicely. The real question is what lies under her heavy brocade robes; she could be built like a nymph or be fat and flabby with belly rolls bigger than her tits. It was a gamble - like buying a drake in the egg - and you have always been willing to play these games of chance.

It might be fun unwrapping this prize and seeing what lies beneath all the layers of clothing. Would she respond to your gentle seduction? Its hard to tell, she could throw herself at you in gratitude for her rescue or continue with her haughty attitude. You could of course deliver her honorably to her chosen location, but if you take that option it will cost you several month's worth of pay and you will once again be nearly penniless and have to take those odd jobs that Riders were so useful for. She would not be the first woman whose clothes were cut from her body in mid-flight by a Rider eager to claim his prize. Many of Athenopolis' loveliest maidens will soon be plucked from their sanctuaries by Riders, starting the trip as a free woman and landing as captured goods to be sold for whatever the market will bare.

You could spend a week or two breaking her in and teaching her what to expect in her new life, or you could sell her as a raw captive. As a newly captured noblewoman of Athenapolis she will have value in any of the cities whose armies are even now breaching the walls. If you fly her directly to Helliopolis you will be able to sell her to the men of the city at least a week before the captives from Athenapolis flood the **** markets driving down the price. It would be nice to have enough money to not have to be obsequious to some caravan master looking for a scout or nobleman who wants a message sent to a distant city.

The good thing about taking Relia was that you could put off the deciding her fate until you were well away from the city. With one final lingering look at the olive-skinned brunette you turn to Relia and ask:

"Are you ready?"

"Where am I supposed to sit?" she asks as she sees Swiftwing's fighting harness for the first time.