Favor with the King (COMPLETED)

"Are they are closed?"

"They are closed tight."

Amma hesitantly swims towards the man and shakes her hand in front of his face. King Xerxes feels her presence as wet droplets splash onto his naked chest. Swiftly, he seizes her wrist and holds it.

She gasps.

He slowly opens his eyes to inspect her face. His eyes move from her coffee colored eyes to her thick eyebrows and thin broad nose.

Seeing the rarity of her visage tempts his mind.

Curiosity strikes him as he strokes her full lips with his wet thumb; he licks his lips hungrily as he feels the fleshy portion of her opening...he yearns for its taste.

"Please" she begs in a whisper and gently pulls away.

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The King of Persia has banished his wife on a night of drunken stupor and calls for a nationwide beauty pageant to find a new queen.

Meet Amma (AH mah) a vibrant seventeen-year-old girl. She thinks the king is cruel for what he has done and wants nothing to do with him.

What will happen when she is thrust into a palace life unfamiliar to her? Will she find favor with the king?

LOOSELY based on the story of Esther
Some chapters are mature in nature

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Reached 100k reads 1/13/19
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COMPLETED 1/30/19