Chapter 28: Safe Zone
The reason Hiro knocked Barbara out was simple. He did not want her to return to the others from the Shuvlok tribe.
Hiro knew that his seven new citizens had not truly submitted to him. If he let Barbara, the leader of their group, reunite with them so soon, they would probably spend all their time plotting useless escape plans instead of actually working for his Realm.
The second reason was that he did not want her to see Tara sleeping naked on his bed. Soon, more refugees would arrive. Hiro did not want Barbara spreading rumors that he and Tara were fornicators. That would be extremely inconvenient.
'If she questions me in the morning about why I punched her, I'll just tell her it was the downgraded punishment for attacking the camp,' Hiro thought.
Hiro joined the naked Tara under the flimsy blanket, which was just a rectangular cloth folded twice. He dried himself with another piece of cloth before lying down.
As he lay down, his left forearm brushed against her soft, bare skin. He turned onto his side and ran his right hand across her body.
Tara lay with her butt raised slightly. Hiro's hand reached across her waist and glided along the other side of her body. He traced the curve of her underboob before sliding down to her perky butt.
A few stray strands of hair framed her beautiful sleeping face.
The sight and touch made Hiro hard. However, even after pinching her ass lightly and letting his fingers tease closer to her sensitive spots, Tara showed no reaction.
She was deep asleep, which wasn't surprising given how intense and passionate their sex had been.
Seeing that, Hiro stopped.