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Nottingha the smear of blood froirl "She is noisy" He had to speak over the torrent of praise and encourage froue,a beat as he cupped her breasts and squeezed until she whined and quivered "But that will perhaps ham opened the front of his trousers and pulled her head down, stuffing her mouth with his penis Lydiabetter "I want you to befriend the lord’s seneschal Find out everything you can about this Realm from him"

Skald playfully slapped the housewife’s bare flank "As you coht, she would insist on inspecting the Realm’s infirmary Jayr kept it clean and amply stocked, and Michael had no doubt it served its purpose well His sygkenis’s standards, however, were very high, and she would delight in pointing out every flaw It occurred to hi the tourna his lover, she would turn the infirmary into a diminutive hospital, and teach Jayr and the men how to repair every sort of hus She had not, he realized, shown any interest in being a doctor since their return froht and take the lady home," Phillipe said He had arrived at the infirmary shortly after Jayr had left to attend to herat the bedside The seneschal looked as frustrated and worried as Michael felt "This is not a good place for her nohen she is…" He esture

"I know her talent can be disturbing to witness" Michael busied hi attached to his lover’s IV "But I cannot lock her away like ato deserve this"

"It is not the lady, but the one who stirred her talent who is the danger" His seneschal adjusted a fold of the sheet "I spoke with some of the men of the jardin All of the tresora and humans who serve here have been sent away"

Michael sat down and held Alexandra’s cool hand between his "Whoever hts is Kyn"

His seneschal nodded "There is no one else"

As the Aneur, Michael had many serious responsibilities He had put off all of them in order to care for Alexandra, but Brethren activity in the United States was on the rise, and his suzerain were beco restless Then there were the newcomers from Europe, ould trade oaths of loyalty for new territories and grants of for the tournament almost as soon as he had arrived, but it would not enhance his reputation as a leader

Now it seemed that a Kyn had decided to kill The tournament provided the perfect opportunity for ht were quite real Occasionally accidents happened The murderer could cut off a victim’s head and blame it on a poorly ti to discover who intended to inflict such harm--and to stop him before he did

"Each time Alexandra needs me, I aive e to come first I cannot fathom why she stays with me"

"Love," Phillipe said simply

"That is the worst of it" Michael rubbed his thuers "This love between us is like nothing I know I fear it will destroy her"

"Or save you both," Phillipe said "At least, I think that is what Alexandra would say"

"Stop talking about me in French when I’m unconscious," Alexandra murmured, her eyes still closed "It’s rude Plus I can’t understand it If you have to bitch, do it in English"

Phillipe shared a slish "As you will, , Phil" She opened one eye "The ’ If you don’t drop it, I will grab so pointed and copper and stab you where it hurts vao presently and look at our chambers" Phillipe touched her shoulder briefly before he bowed and left the room

Michael waited until Alexandra yawned before he perh him "How do you feel, chérie?"

"I don’t know War nonstop sex with you" She stretched her arms over her head in a slow, luxuriouscarnal and ht?"

"I confess, I have secretly beco you while you are unconscious," he confessed, bending over to brush his mouth over hers "And I am not finished Go back to sleep"

"Over my undead body" She froze and then felt with her hand the IV taped to the inside of her elbow "Hello, there’s a needle in my arm" She propped herself up and looked around the room "This doesn’t look like the Marriott Where am I?"

Michael was tempted to use his talent to remove her memory of the incident, but Alexandra’s question indicated that she had already suffered some form of naturalabout it