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"Novo?" the feuest"

Okay, that smile was to fine china what Dixie was to plates

"This is Peyton, son of Peythone," Novo ram with me"

There was a pause And then the Pomeranian shot a look at Novo and put her hand out "Well How lovely And allow me to introduce myself as my sister, Novalina, seems disinclined to do so I’m Sophya"

Those eyes bounced up and down him, from his shoes to his suit to his cuff links, and he could have sworn he heard the chatter of an adding ned a

Talk about instant dislike He was really not impressed

So, yeah, he deliberately stayed seated and crossed his ar us for dancing?" She smiled stiffly as she lowered her hand "Because everyone has to dance with the bride-to-be, you know"

He ignored that and focused on thebehind her Funny, for so mated sometime very soon, he didn’t seeh the ceremony with

Nope He was staring at Novo

On the one hand, Peyton could understand it Novo was hot as fuck, a Bugatti in a parking lot full of minivans On the other hand…he really just wanted to castrate the motherfucker and feed his own cock to him

Then field-dress him in the middle of the dance floor

Maybe cut him in quarters with a sahile the huht the corpse on fire

Yeah, ’cuz you really should clean up your messes

"--of course, I’ve always had a flair for style" Novo’s sister paused to take a breath "I ht for--"

"This is your hellren-to-be," he said, cutting her off

"Oh, yes! Yes, I’m sorry" She stepped aside and made like Vanna White "Peyton, this is Oskar"

Oskar

The name Novo had called out in her sleep

As a cold bucket of water splashed down over his head, Peyton got to his feet "Naot to his feet and extended his hand "Quite a bastion of honor there, bro Or do you prefer wiener?"

Everyone froze

And then Novo started laughing so hard, she nearly fell over

It was rude to laugh Novo knew this She honestly did But the evening, which had started on a low note and then sunk to sub-base more like an adventure than an endurance contest

"I’m sorry, buddy" Peyton clapped Oskar on the shoulder "Just joking"

Sophy recovered quick and stepped in between the two males "Yes Indeed Well, ah, Peyton…you ether Waiter!" Sophy called out "Waiter, a ers And then pulled out a chair for herself and one for Peyton "I want to hear all about what the Brotherhood is like Youstories"

And there it was The char eyes The touch on a male’s forearm

In response, Peyton looked back and forth between Sophy and Oskar--but Novo couldn’t tell whether he was taken by her sister or not And God, that would be…really sucky Even though she had no claim to him at all

A pit forht, nope If her sister wanted to pull another Oskar here, the joke was on Sophy There was no way in hell Peyton was going to mate a civilian: in spite of the fact that Sophy was beautiful, and certainly had the social aggression to try and take a further step up, there was nowhere to go on that staircase for her

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