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"I had a lot of help"
His dimples came out in full force, and he brushedshivers all over ht you wanted my head on a platter?"
"I think it’s more useful to me where it is"
"Do you, now?"
It was a short distance fro of his hand behind my neck as he pulled me close This ti He fell back onto the bed, taking ainst him I couldn’t tell him how I felt, that I was scared forthe that I would have to put hi, for hi else
One of his hands went back to my buttons as if it had never left, and I pulled away just far enough to murmur into his mouth, "You can’t undress o"
"This is nowhere close to finished," he murmured back into h I can be hard to catch Keep trying"
He pulled back with a grin "Failing to fetchfor you"
With a wild laugh, he tumbled me onto my back, kissed hed and hitched myself up on an elbow
"Your priorities," I said slowly, "could use some work"
"I’m an artist, darlin’, and the muse is a fickle bitch I’ll make it up to you later"
"I’ll consider that a promise," I whispered in his ear as he scribbled
I could hear the crowd outside, the doors opening and closing, and voices raised in laughter, annoyance, and greeting As I stood to save me a dirty look that I more or less deserved
"I stopped by your rooain?"
"I’ve had enough," Casper started, standing to glower at her "Keen, you need to re adults, and e do is our own business I’ ht have for Ahna don’t change that" He looked fro
Deadly assassins I could handle with aploirls was beyond s foroal
"I want us to be friends, Keen," I finally said, realizing that, oddly enough, I meant it
"Well, friend, would you like to explain why I found night-vision goggles on your bed?"
Casper rubbed his eyes, s ink across his forehead "We were attacked by an assassin last night We took care of it"
"I bet you took care of it," Keen said, and it was easy to see that the "it" in question wasn’t the assassin
I held up a hand, done with her ga We’re in Muscovy now Do you knohat they say in s?"
"Do I care?"
"They lose their noses Followed by their lives Be careful in Freesia, little leet that pony"
She actually had the gall to stick her tongue out at uts, as my father would say of his best hounds I was actually starting to ad up naked and alone in Sang and h to find food and clothes--it was impressive And I suspected she would soon have enuine reasons
Over her head, Casper mouthed the words Thank you, and I smiled and nodded
He would have little reason to thank me once ere in the city
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As soon as my feet hit the streets, I was filled with purpose Finally, things were farand façade of the train station sparkled in a thousand shades of white and blue, the edges of everypicked out in solid gold The city of Muscovy was the jewel of the Freesian ey and art From the beautifully laid-out parks with their ice sculptures and topiaries to the grand library to thehad been planned to iht I still remembered my first trip there as a child, how I had kept et in trouble for touching sole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>