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"Oh, no," Ge her head "He cares for you elique s impression I treasure Stil’s friendship, but that is all we have," she said, taking another sip of her wine

"Perhaps that is all you think you have," Ge her hand on her chest

"Right! The tarts finally set--what happened?" Stil asked, blowing into the rooelique tried to speak but could only cough

"I was clearing up a ave Gemma a look of horror

Unsure to interpret whether that elique wanted elique’s end, she shrugged at the enchantress

"I see," Stil said, putting the platter down on the table

"As marvelous as all this food was, I find that I a your pardon and excusewhen she recovered "Thank you, Stil The food was outstanding"

"I’lad you enjoyed it," Stil said

"Why doesn’t she have to eat dessert?" Gemma asked as Stil set three different tarts on a pewter plate in front of her

"Because I don’t care what she does," Stil said, tapping the end of Ge with you, Geelique said with another one of her beautiful selique disappeared through the door "That was excellent ti up his chair fro it directly next to Gemma’s

Gemma shifted her chair down "Why?"

"Because noe can talk We never did finish our earlier conversation," Stil said, inching his chair closer

Geain "I don’t recall there being anything to talk about You were obviously under a lot of pressure, but now the Lady Enchantress is here"

"Geo ic users The truth is, I don’t really like ic users," Stil said

"That’s not true; you like the Lady Enchantress Angelique," Geht sound like jealousy, so she quickly added, "Which is to be expected She’s lovely, and I think you tould do quite well together"

Stil snorted "I aelique I’ closer

Gemma pushed her chair away "Well, that’s not proper"

"Why not?"