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You don’t have to understand Sorceri ways; you just have to accept them

Allow her to be as she needs to be

Sabine has told me of your anih hopes that you can content Lanthe I ready for war I recommend you do as well

Vrekener, harm my sister-in-law in any way, and I will find you on the battlefield Your last sight will be ofas I take your head with my bare hands

R

Of course Thronos had shown Melanthe the letter; she’d read it ide eyes "So my first letter was a Patty Hearst bust?"

He’d had no idea what that meant "Advise me in this," he’d told her "Do you want to meet with your sister?"

"I’m scared she’ll use her sorcery to take me from you Or Rydstrom will attack you Letto write hiht As he’d watched Melanthe sleeping last night, he’d penned a response, sending it this er frorateful But Cadent reruntled that Thronos had left her empowered

He could understand their doubt--because he’d initially contended with it hih hell before he’d appreciated Melanthe

Pain had confessed all

In Pande to the Hall, to reason and sanity, to find his anchor

Now that he was here, he’d realized Melanthe was his anchor

In any case, sanity and reason had proved in short supply for his brother When had Aristo become so twisted? How? And how had he found three other males who’d shared his proclivities?

Thronos feared that the rules of their culture were so strict, the specter of offendrearped under the strain

Should one truly be punished for so so harmless as a kiss?

Thronos had failed to follow the letter of Vrekener la could he expect others to be bound by the his and Melanthe’s tour of worlds, he’d learned that his all-or-nothing, inflexible thinking was a liability As she’d told his make sense and everyone acts as they’re expected to and surprises are few But outside of heaven, life can be confusing and heartbreaking and dire So most of us take pleasure where we can find it And we don’t judge anyone who does the same"

In "heaven," surprises had been many Thronos’s brother had not acted in expected ways

Life had proved utterly confusing

Perhaps Vrekeners should judge less and enjoypleasure where they could find it--especially since dire threats now surrounded thely short

Once the Territories were "out of the crosshairs," he would discuss social reforms with his co-ruler

The debate between Cad to a close, which meant he could soon return to her Every second he wasn’t with Melanthe, he wished he were

For the public, he maintained what she called his poker face At hoenerous infusion of sorcery, he remained pain-free, even days later Still, she wanted to do a ht, just in case

Lucky, lucky me

How could he have handled this tih She forced hirets He was insatiable for her To his remarkable fortune, she was just asmore control, which she’d seeo, he’d positioned her on all fours, s to propel his thrusts When he’d felt her coth, he’d reached forward to cover herdown on his forearripped by an erotic dreas Just as he’d once hoped, he’d awakened with his shaft buried deep inside his wife, his hips pounding between her thighs

When he’d realized what he was doing, he eased hisinto the muscles of his ass "Don’t stop, Thronos So close! I’ll be quiet"

Over these days, he’d done things that he could tell had surprised her She’d cry, "Oh!" then folloith a breathy, "Ohhh" To tell him she liked it

Just as she’d promised in Inferno, she always let hierly his lusty mate took his seed with her body, her hands--and yes, her rin that spread over his face

Until he realized that all attention was on hie?" Jasen asked

About? Thronos coughed into his fist "I think we’ll pick this up to you"

I have a family He and Melanthe were an army of two

He could fly, without pain, to ed in the weeks since he’d taken her He srin

As a girl, Melanthe had snared his heart with it

As a woer

I have her had becoht He couldn’t be certain how she’d react, but he would never again keep so co her opening to Sabine The letter would go out in one hour--and would prove even ht

Sabine and Rydstroun

My dearest sister,

How I do adore Skye Hall! I now enjoy cooking and cleaning, tasteful jokes, and deold at all!

JK JK! I wouldn’t know if I like any of that shit, because I’ve never tried it My lust for gold is as strong as ever, er

Your little sis is quite a boss

And she’s totally in love with a Vrekener

In Inferno, Thronos had asked her if she’d ever been in love She’d answered, "I’ve never known roirl, Lanthe had loved Thronos--fiercely

Deep down, maybe she’d never stopped Maybe it’d always been there, waiting to blooile sprout of affection that she’d copped to in faux Feveris had grown intoa moonraker