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Since it hadn’t occurred to her yet, he wasn’t going to give her the chance to think of it

"Lady," he said through gritted teeth

No response

Fear shivered through hi her, he couldn’t back down and hope to reht then Balls and sass

He put all the arrogance and temper he could suht to discipline their own" That was true in a court It was true in a Blood co she was too angry to reling As he loosened his grip on her arhtened on his coat, and he realized she couldn’t put her weight on her right leg

Sliding one arainst him to support and distract her--and found hi so close to hers

A hint of wildness floated up fro that instinct, Jared wrapped a faint seduction spell around her as he lightly kissed her lips

When he was done, she just stared at hi confused

"Let us take care of the discipline," he coaxed as he stroked her wrinkled cheek with a finger and wondered why her skin felt so delightfully soft "Believebeen boys ourselves, we’re better at it"

He held his breath, waiting for her answer

"All right," she finally said "Justkeep him away from me"

"It will be our pleasure, Lady"

Her lips curved in a reluctant ss it’s best a Queen pretend not to know’ "

Calls? Her father was still alive?

"I’d say that’s just about right" Jared put so smile and watched, a around, she finally noticed Brock and Randolf holding Eryk and To while they soothed the nervous horses Twisting her upper body in the other direction, she met Thera’s frosted stare The color in her cheeks deepened

Feeling absurdly protective, Jared glared at Thera She met him, look for look, and finally said in a voice so carefully neutral everyone knew she wanted to tear strips out of soon anyti for that knee to swell up to the size of a melon?"

The Gray Lady let put a startled squahen he swung her up into his ar her on a bench cushioned by a couple of blankets, he knelt in front of her Thank the Darkness hisCraft He couldn’t do anywhere near asto help her

Except he didn’t have a chance He’d just pulled off her boot and was debating how to broach the necessity of reon, followed by Polli, who stared at hi a boot was a prelude to rape

"We’ll look after her," Thera said coolly "You’ve other business to attend to"

Setting the boot on the floor, Jared rose slowly

Polli pressed herself into a corner and startedherwithin a e was to turn aside just enough for him to reach the door and leave

He wasn’t sure if it was seeing the Gray Lady in pain or Thera’s dismissal that scraped at his te for a fight

And the best target was the sulky boy who had started all this