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"Still withthere when you turned the frosting onlook on his face, waggled his eyebrows and hu-covered nether parts "You certainly did seeed one, is the understatement of the year Are you sure you&039;re full? You seemed to spend "

"I am full I am well-pleasured I auid hand His eyes were closed, his face relaxed as he lay next to er down one of his biceps,him smile a drowsy smile

"You take a nap then, handsoh"

"I did indeed, although it was a labor of love And, I will admit, you helped a little" He yawned

"A little, huh?" I pinched his nipple He pretended to snore

Thearound my body were onecreated I gently traced the planes of his face, , arched eyebrows, down to his high cheekbones and aristocratic nose His lips curled slightly as I brushed theain at how soive so much pleasure

"Sleepy," he said, his voice thick with sleep and satisfaction

"You go ahead and take a nap" I glanced at the clock and sighed as I got off the bed "I&039;d best go wash off the frosting and othererresidue before we have to show up at the hearing"

"A shower?" Theo&039;s eyes snapped open "Where you&039;re naked and wet and soapy?"

"That&039;s generally how a shoorks," I said, pausing at the bathroom door to bat my eyelashes at hins of arousal I stared at his penis, watching as it stirred, thickening before my eyes "You can&039;t possibly be serious You can do that again so soon?"

"Given the proper encouragement and inspiration, yes" Theo slid off the bed and started towarda fantasy or two about taking you in the shower, your flesh satin-ses that filled my head left me stunned for a second, for a fraction of a second, really, and then I was running for the shower, intent on fulfilling the erotic ies that danced before e, one of those stall types with just enough room for the two of us to squeeze into it But I was soaped up and ready for Theo by the tier that seemed to echo inside me

"You&039;re sticky," I said in between kisses,soap on his chest

"It&039;s the frosting you sa soapy washcloth overaround ht for my personal paradise "I&039;h You&039;re a dirty, dirty girl"

"Oh, yes," I gasped as his fingers danced a soapy dance that had ainst him "I&039;m very, very dirty"

"It behooves ainst my shoulder

"Especially since it was you who ain!"

He did His fingers sank into htly until the friction pushed as to fall alone

My hands slid lower, lovingly cupping his testicles with one hand while slicking soap down the length of his penis

His eyes crossed A sharp, pointy canine nicked my shoulder He lapped up the blood asa rhyth in time to thehi toecstasy It was a startling feeling, experiencing not only her until we hung with tantalizing agony at the edge of coers stilled inside , his penis pulsing with his rapid heartbeat Our eyesaway the darkness that dwelled where his soul had lived

You are everything to me, he answered with an honesty so intense it hueration, but a sweet oneall rational thought left my mind at that moment His teeth pierced the skin at the back of htened around his penis, and the world supernovaed around us, exploding into atih, but when I did, it was to find ht since er soapy, and as I looked into his solazed eyes, I made a vow to myself that I would move the earth itself in order to spend the rest of my life with him

"The penalty for murder in the Court of Divine Blood is eternal, and irrevocable Only intervention by the sovereign can change it, and that has never happened"

"A death sentence?" I asked,to take in everything Terrin was saying to us I didn&039;t ask how Theo had found hi to talk to us

Slowly, sweetling I will not allow harm to come to you

I don&039;t think even you can stop the people here if they wanted to hurt me Can you?

Theo didn&039;t answer me, but his sadness was all too evident

"Not a death sentence" Terrin paused for afrom me to Theo "That is, not in so many words Your existence would not be destroyed, but you would beincarcerated"

"Incarcerated here? In the Court?"

I suppose there are worse things in the world than being held prisoner in heaven

Don&039;t count on it

Terrin shook his head

"The Akasha," Theo said For some reason, I shivered

What&039;s the Akasha?

It&039;s another nao, a kind of holding cell of htazewhether or not I orthy of his tih, I wasn&039;t offended by this The days when I would feel outraged over the idea that soo I sat, hu to share, well aware that Theo and I were in a particularly precarious position

Terrin see to himself "When I conducted your second trial, I questioned your fitness as a virtue You seee, none of the skills needed to achieve success in the Court And yet, despite the fact that you are charged with the murder of one who the truth I have seldom had cause to doubt my instincts, and I am loathe to do so now just because the evidence is to the contrary The tale you told is unlikely, but not, I believe, iht direction I&039;lad you picked him over the other seneschals

I had little choice He was the only one on the list of Court officials whonized I si Hope

"Can you help us?" I asked, trying my damnedest to look earnest and trustworthy

"Not in any official way, no But I can give you the infor his legs and steepling his fingers "You are aware that the virtue naiven the note she left behind"

Theo inclined his head

"Suicide?" I asked

"No Her note claimed she was the victiiven to a "

Why does everyone but you address me by my full na that had bothered me

Names have power

"One note is hardly evidence - " I started to say

Terrin lifted his hand "The note continues with a somewhat impassioned claiainst her already, and that she feels the two acts are related"

"That&039;s absolutely groundless!" I said, outraged "I did not murder her I have never plotted to take her power from her I didn&039;t even knoho or what she hen I inadvertently surim

My heart sank at the circu used to uilt on my part It was transparent and ridiculous, but I could see how people who didn&039;t know ine it could be true

"It is only because no evidence of Hope&039;s body has been discovered that you have been allowed to continue as you are, under supervision only rather than incarceration"

I&039;ve been supervised? By who?

I have no idea, but it wouldn&039;t surprise me

"This is absolutely asinine It doesn&039;t make any sense! Why would I want to kill a woaze dropped "The speculation is that, at some point, Hope returned to reclaie" He raised his hands to forestall the objection that was on the tip of ue "I am not the one you need to convince of your innocence, Portia Harding I a said around the Court"

A dis to come

Portia, control your Gift

It wasn&039;t easy, but I bit back several hasty and borderline rude co a concentrated effort to dissipate the anger which had been transformed into thunder "Does any of that speculation run to why I would do soers "I have heard that you are bonded by blood to Theo North It is not difficult to irant him a pardon as soon as membership to the Court was approved"