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Since the answer seemed obvious, Jared didn’t bother to reply

The Sapphire-Jeweled Warlord Prince urged his horse forward, on He dis the Gray Lady His lean, hard body race as he cautiously approached, one hand resting easily on the hilt of the knife attached to his belt

Too far away to hear, and not daring to probe in case it produced a violent reaction, Jared watched the negotiations After one long, searching look, the Warlord Prince ignored Polli and seemed to listen courteously to the Gray Lady’s offer

Hell’s fire, what if thethe wo few minutes later, the Warlord Prince raised his left hand Two of his men immediately ca and tied it to his saddle The other led Polli to the Warlord Prince’s horse and helped her mount

Jared narrowed his eyes All the stories he’d heard about rogues said they lived hard, desperate lives, so emotionally scarred by Queens and courts that they wouldn’t yield to the distaff gender for any reason Any feh to fall into their hands could only expect to be viciously used for the most basic and base needs

So why did the Warlord who had helped Polli ently? Why was this Warlord Prince still listening courteously to the Gray Lady?

They talked for several ravated enough that it took considerable effort to keep his teret obvious That’s when the Gray Lady’s shoulders sagged as if a great weight had settled on the more to say, the Warlord Prince took her hand and raised it to his lips

As he watched, Jared felt the eesture wasn’t a ue Warlord Prince ore Jewels as dark as the Sapphire wouldn’t bother with eue deliberately show his respect for a Queen?

Jared turned that thought over and over while the Gray Lady slowly lion Her face looked pinched and pained, and she seeo

Brock and Randolf stepped aside as she reached them If ordered to, they would have assisted her, but that subtle defiance--forcing a Queen to order every s she wanted from a slave--was the only safe way for a man to show disrespect He couldn’t be faulted because he did exactly what he’d been told to do He just didn’t do anything beyond that

Jared watched her approach, knowing he’d have to make a decision within the next few seconds He’d declared himself the dominant male If he acted like a slave and stepped aside as Brock and Randolf had done, the others would accept that decision and act accordingly If he responded as his instincts dely, accept that, too

The er behind it hitting his inner barriers like heavy surf He turned his head and met the Warlord’s Prince’s stare

She deserves the best you can give her, thea Sapphire spear thread

She deserves whatever she can squeeze out of a slave, Jared snapped, unwilling to let this stranger sense how much her betrayal of trust hurt hiues and slaves forgotten

It seeed you, the h and you aren’t h to serve her

The Warlord Prince strode to his horse and mounted behind Polli, his contenal, his men turned their horses and rode back down the road

Polli leaned to one side and looked back once

The Warlord Prince didn’t look back at all

Jared shook with anger How dare that son of a whoring bitch judge hi not to do more than as demanded in order to make it clear he wasn’t there by his own choice It was quite another to have a stranger, a man who hadn’t had the balls to remain with the Queen who had chosen hi

He turned on his heel In three strides, he caught up to the Gray Lady at the same moment Thera reached her Thera didn’t look at hiument since it had been conducted on a Sapphire spear thread, so the i, he reacted by grabbing the Gray Lady’s arasp He loosened his hold without apologizing for causing her pain and struggled to keep his temper leashed while he and Thera assisted the Gray Lady to the wagon’s door

She tried to raise her right leg to step up, but the knee wouldn’t bend

Thera swore under her breath

Whatever the Gray Lady ht have said in response remained unsaid because she noticed the children soleaze ered on Tomas

"At least one of them is safe now," she said so quietly Jared almost missed the words Then she looked back at hiht-hand side Follow the lane for another mile On the left-hand side, there’ll be an entrance to a clearing that has soht"

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