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Surreal sighed "I’m almost afraid of what he’ll find out"

"I wouldn’t be too concerned When Jaenelle for was set aside for him, by her decree So whatever happened between the At least for her," he added sole, he came around the desk "I still have to et the reports from Aaron, Khardeen, and Lucivar If you need any help understanding the Blood here, please colanced at the door "There is one other thing"

Saetan studied the closed door "I see you’ve h

"I know Their nah theyare born, a Black Widow makes that mental sidestep into the drea So to the visions"

"Well," Surreal said, ss Aaron said he was in the Hall because he’s looking for a friend"

Saetan gave her an odd look "I’d say that’s accurate The kindred dogs and horses relate well to the hu, although, until eight years ago, in secret The rest of the kindred tend to stay away from most humans But whenever they come across a human who is compatible with them, they try to form a bond, to better understand us"

"Whycourts, and the males in the First Circle are entitled to the first share of their ti has to wait for his turn and then has to share that ti males in the same position But you’re a Gray-Jeweled witch who does not, as yet, have any other male claims"

"Except the males in the family," Surreal said sourly

"Except the reed "On both sides"

She sputtered

"But that clai You’re not a Queen, whose courts are set up by a different Protocol So if you accept Graysfang before the other males realize you’re here, he will hold the dominant position over any male except your mate, even if the other h to ht Purple Dusk Jewel, the odds of a darker-Jeweled h"

"Which still doesn’t explain why he’s interested in me in the first place"

Saetan reached out slowly His left index finger hooked the gold chain around her neck and drew it out of her shirt until her Gray Jewel hung between the that movement was a subtle kind of seduction Then she realized that, for him, it wasn’t esture that was as natural to hi a whole lot of good

"Consider this," he said "He ray and has fangs but because he is Gray’s fang"

"Mother Night," Surreal said, looking down at her Jewel

He lowered her Jewel until it rested above her breasts "The decision about him is yours, and I’ll support any decision you make But think carefully, Surreal A Black Widow’s visions should not be dis, she savored the feel of his hand on her lower back as he guided her to the door When he reached for the doorknob, she put her hand on the door to keep it shut "What’s your connection with Daeured

"Daemon inherited your looks," she said

"He also inheritedin his voice, she noticed, at the back of his golden eyes, the same wariness she had seen in Aaron’s Hell’s fire, she was going to have to find someone to talk to soon who could explain thewary of her as an assassin was one thing Being wary of her as a wo from him She didn’t like it at all

"I’d like to meet my mother," she said abruptly

Saetan nodded "The court’s co, and I can’t leave until the Queen approves the new arrivals, but I’ll see that aGet out of here She bolted fro anxiously trotted beside her, she kept feeling that odd psychic brush against her inner barriers

She would have gotten lost tithout hih she noticed there were footmen in all the lanced at Graysfang, s So she followed the wolf until, with a sigh, she was safely in her room

When he left her a htly business, she quickly undressed and pulled on a pair of long-sleeved pajaowns ht--when she wanted to wear so her soiled clothes into a basket in the bathroohttiht on the bedside table

So spell on the sheets Probably the led under the covers

She was just starting to doze off when a shape passed through the glass door She tensed, waiting, until a body landed lightly on the bed, circled three ti her upper body slightly, she looked at Graysfang Feeling that odd psychic brush again, she followed it, too tired to think about what she was doing andto end up with fleas in the