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E of shame And a healthy sense of survival because he knew if Daes--or more aware than they already were--they would both pound on hiht once a week Just us--you, me, Jaenelle, Daemon, and hiht He squirmed "You don’t have to do this You would have read the book All of you would have read it"
"Not if we picked a new story And maybe in the winter, when it’s too cold to do much, maybe I could share some stories with you that I enjoyed But not the romances I couldn’t read the…"
"The…?"
"I couldn’t readthose parts out loud"
"Maybe I could read those parts for et ideas It’s late"
"Yes, Lady," he replied, chuckling
He tucked them in and curled himself protectively around her
"Lucivar?"
"Hht It would be fun"
"I’ll talk to Daemon about it" Who would pounce on the idea, so the decision was already ht about his father co here to talk with him, to read to Daemonar
No, he hadn’t been reunited with Saetan for that many years, but the man did understand his children
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Sometimes the only way to deal with a Warlord Prince was not to let him in the door
Surreal was so pleased with that solution, she repeated it to herself twofor Helton, the town house butler, to open the front door
"Now," she said, in a tone that held both warning and forgiveness The warning was for the atteiveness was because Helton wasn’t half as scary as Beale, the butler at SaDiablo Hall, and she didn’t want the n because he felt unable to deal with her He’d been fine serving the rest of the SaDiablo fa the ones who had been dee
She wasn’t sure if that was flattering or frightening
Helton hesitated aout of patience, she slipped through theand stepped outside just as Rainier bounded up the town house’s steps When he saw her blocking his entry, he teetered on the edge of a step--as much as Rainier ever teetered--then settled one step below and gave her a look that blended a hopeful-puppy expression with the Warlord Prince I-am-a-law-unto-myself attitude The attitude came naturally to that caste ofwith the rest of the boyos, had learned the hopeful-puppy expression by studying his kindred brothers It was damn hard to slap at any male when he had that look on his face Even if he wasn’t furry
"We’re going out," Surreal said pleasantly
"No, we are not," Rainier replied just as pleasantly
She saw that little extra so in his eyes now, that subtle difference in the way he held himself
Jaenelle had told her once,When abetween you and whatever he’s decided isn’t good for you, he will ree
Letting out a huge sigh, Surreal stepped to the side, giving Rainier clear access to the door He smiled at her as he came up the last steps and reached for the door She sot to the house next door before he caught up to her
"Surreal"
She clenched her hands and clenched her teeth He had a shield fanning out on either side of hi as he stayed put, she could dodge around the shield by going into the street Since he wasn’t likely to stay put, the only way to get past him would be to knock him dohich had a lot of appeal at the moment Unless Rainier reported the incident to anyherself to relax, she said, "I’ive him the chance to snarl about it "It’s the fourth day, Prince I can wear ht Green without discomfort I could wear the Gray if I needed to"
"You still--" He bit off the words Hopefully that was all he bit off
When they were in public, Bloodthe ability to pick up so in a witch’s psychic scent or physical scent that indicated her moontime They considered it discourteous to remind a woman that she was vulnerable because she couldn’t use her oer to defend herself The Blood didn’t talk about it very ed by everyone because Warlord Princes stood a heartbeat away fro the vulnerable days of any witch to whoiven their loyalty, and they were more inclined to kill first and ask questions later
Still, there were li a sign that said ‘I have a sharp knife and a large Warlord Prince’ and floating it over my head, but I don’t want to tell anyone about the knife until after I use it, and anyone duet knocked into a wall"
A twitch of his lips A shift toward hu?" Rainier asked
Ah Got hiether, but I wanted so to read at other times"
"Well, that’s convenient I was asked to pick up so black hair behind one ear and narrowed her gold-green eyes "You were going to suggest walking to the bookshop, weren’t you?"