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As she darted away from Lucivar--and hi a tray containing a pot of fresh coffee and clean s
"Who are you?" Jaenelle said a little too softly
Jazen stared into her eyes, frozen "Jazen," he finally said "Prince Sadi’s valet"
Her eyes changed fro work?"
"It would bebesides a black suit and a white shirt all the tih Daemon felt the blood rush into his face and wasn’t sure if it was from temper or embarrassment Jazen looked horrified
Then Jaenelle’s silvery, velvet-coated laugh rang out "Well, we’ll do our best to rumple him up for you" As she walked past Jazen, she brushed her left hand over his shoulder "Welcome to Kaeleer, Warlord"
Daemon waited until she had reached the wo to his valet "Should I apologize for being boring in my taste in clothes? And why in the na a foot this tray out" Jazen gulped "I don’t knohy I said that other"
"You said what you’ve been thinking," Lucivar said, amused "Don’t worry about it By the time we’re done with hi pristine"
Daelared at Jazen
"I’ll take that," said Holt, one of the footlanced at Daemon, handed the tray to Holt, and
"Looks like breakfast is being served out here," Lucivar said as he eyed the various dishes that were being set out on the table
Daeh the warmup movements "I should talk to her, explain about Jazen before she passes judgave him an odd look "Old son, she just did She welcomed him to Kaeleer That’s all anyone needs to know"
"This way," Marian said, esture to Wilhelmina Benedict while she eyed Surreal’s loose-sleeved tunic and trousers "What are you wearing under the tunic?"
Surreal worked to keep her voice warm Marian didn’t seem the type to be interested in a former whore’s underwear "Why?"
"Lucivar will insist that you strip down for the lesson"
"Strip?" Wilhelmina said "In front of those men?"
"You don’t want your ," Marian said kindly "And you’ll want to put on so to be sweating," Surreal said She glanced at Wilhelood idea The young woh to break
"I don’t think he’ll work the beginners that hard, but you" Marian’s gold eyes flicked to Surreal’s pointed ears "You’re Dea al Mon He may push you harder, just to find out what you can already do"
"Lucky me," Surrel muttered as they headed across the laard the other woathered at the practice circle
Marian serous," Surreal said, returning the s for Lucivar as his housekeeper for about four , and I wasn’t feeling well Looking back, I realize that he h the otherBut thatat me to take it easy, and I took it as a criticism that I couldn’t do my job I threw a pot at him Well, not reallyat hih that I needed to throw so It hit the wall about two feet away fro
"He looked at the pot for a minute, then picked it up and went outside I could hear hi his fists on me the way so, took one of the skillets, and went back out A few ed ht balance, but a skillet would work if it was thrown properly I spent twoa skillet before he declared rinned at the memory
"What does he consider proficient?" Surreal asked
Marian didn’t look a able to break bone nine out of ten tiaped at her for a ood assassin Just how , could those skills be honed?
When they reached the practice circle, Wilhel back Surreal pushed her way to the front When an Eyrien warrior snarled at her for elbowing him in the ribs, she snarled back, pleased that he was the one to give ground
She looked around, saw Daeh, standing there with aof coffee in one hand, but his face had that set look that she’d seen when they were in the Coach on the way here It wasn’t as bad as it had been then, but it wasn’t good
Then Lucivar started talking, and she put her concern for Dae
"There are reasons why Eyrienover the woain "We’re bigger, stronger, and we have the teths and other skills Most of the time, that works out well But that’s no reason for you to be unable to defend yourselves And before you giveable to handle a weapon, I’ll re kitchen knives, and so knife They just look different And so me that, no ainst aat the other practice circle, he roared, "CAT! Get over here!"