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I nearly yelled as my head broke the surface The pool roo patiently I treaded water and tried to think about where I&039;d get some clothes And about what they must have seen

Tina must have read the look on rabbed froot out, let her help ot it belted in about half a nanosecond Sinclair, that shameless hussy, had no problems with modesty; he simply lifted himself from the pool and stood before our audience, splendidly naked While I stared, the teethmarks on his throat and shoulders healed

"Behold," Tina said loudly, "your Queen and her consort!"

"Uh" I raised a finger

"Nostro is no more," Sinclair said sternly (and nudely) "The Fiends are under my Queen&039;s command As are all of you"

"UhEric?"

"Any who do not wish to swear allegiance ht We will not force your hand But any who remain, and swear loyalty to her Majesty the Queen, will be under Our protection so long as We live"

Consort?

"Consort?" I asked I was having a hard ti Tina&039;s eye, all of a sudden, and why should that be? "Tina? Consort? What?"

Va their foreheads against the tile, but I had no eyes for thehed, while Sinclair turned to give htful look He smiled at me Why should his sain "We-ah-didn&039;t get a chance to finish explaining the prophesies from the book of the dead Because Donald-and we just didn&039;t But you were foretold, and Nostro&039;s downfall was foretold, and Eric being-uh-being your King was also-"

"What?" I could actually feel e