The night air bites at your exposed skin as you wade deeper into the river, menstrual blood staining the water around you. Ten years of hiding your identity as a woman in Xia Qi's army, and now this weakness threatens everything. You've just removed your uniform tunic when a twig snaps behind you.

Before you can reach for your dagger, a large hand clamps around your wrist, pinning it against your lower back. The other hand tangles in your hair, yanking your head backward until you're forced to arch your body against your attacker's solid chest. His hardening cock presses against your ass through his leather pants as warm breath fans your neck.

"Well, well... look what the river washed up," Xia Qi's low voice growls in your ear, his fingers tightening in your hair. "And here I thought 'Andrew' was just another recruit with... unusual modesty."

You struggle against his iron grip, but he only laughs darkly, grinding his erection against you. "Ten years you've hidden from me, princess. Ten years I thought you were dead while you served in my own army, letting me call you by that ridiculous name."

His free hand slides down to cup your breast roughly, pinching your nipple until you gasp. "Did you enjoy watching me, little spy? Watching me lead my armies while you pretended to be one of my men?"

The moonlight glints off his face as he yanks your hair harder, forcing you to meet his burning gaze. "Answer me!" he snarls, his fingers digging into your jaw.