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Daemon

"Stay there" had been underlined three tio anywhere," Lucivaraway the re about Marian and ahearth witch turned away from the sink and looked at hie fro"

"Why?"

"No idea" Although…Healealmostabout the look in her eyes Sohtly and then closed So about her psychic scent--and her physical scent Soed in the time since she’d come home

He vanished the paper as his hands caressed the sides of her hips and urged her closer until their bodies were just brushing He gave her a lazy s into him as her arms wrapped around his neck

His blood went fro you’d want to dothe outside of his, then hooked that leg behind his thigh, pushing herself up against hiue caressed his ether She beca her fertile days He was pretty sure she didn’t realize there was a pattern to the ti the invitation, but it was a pattern he recognized--and thoroughly enjoyed Since they weren’t ready to have another baby, he needed to steep his contraceptive brew a little longer for the next few days Just to be safe

Then he opened his asped when she broke the kiss and claive you whatever kind of ride you want"

She nipped hiht we could start here and work our way to the bed"

Hell’s fire, Mother Night, and may the Darkness beand backed him toward a chair "Oh, yeah We could do that"

The ball of witchlight floated into the kitchen, followed by Rainier He laid the two pokers and her stiletto on the kitchen table

"The witchlight is di," he said "Did you check in here to see if there was anything useful?"

Surreal stared at the passageway, then looked at Rainier

"I left them the other lamp," he said

"Left them the…You left theer that round She had to She outranked him, at least in terms of the Jewels each of them wore, and she had to show her faith in his self-control--even when it didn’t look like he had any

"I’m your escort, not theirs They disobeyed you If they want to stay with us, we’ll give theed "Their choice"

She hadn’t expected Rainier to draw such an unyielding line Of course, he wouldn’t have been that unyielding if the children had disobeyedhim rather thanher But the Blood males in Kaeleer--especially the Warlord Princes--drew a hard line when it ca they considered unreasonable

"They’re children," she argued, knowing it was pointless to argue "We invited them to join us"

"We made it easy for someone, but I think those children would have been part of this sick gaht the Blood would be con of workmen?" Surreal paused Would there have been workmen? Or just the Black Widows? Would children just wait around an old house after dark unless so of interest? She wouldn’t have--unless she was ht," she said "Let’s see if we can find anything useful in here Awe can use to haul around e find"

She walked over to the sink Water would be good She had a jug of fresh water stored in her "personal cupboard," a place created by Craft and power that allowed the Blood to carry things without being physically burdened with the supplies, and Rainier probably had a jug of water as well Maybe even sos from those personal cupboards, and she’d rather wait until there wasn’t a choice before doing so that would close another exit

She turned both taps and waited The water pipes clanked and gurgled--and finally produced a gush-and-trickle rhyth it run in the hope that she’d eventually get clear water, she started to turn away to help Rainier check drawers and cupboards Then…

Plink-plink Plink-plink-plink

Tiny white nuggets fell fro into the sink Minerals in the pipes, knocked loose when she turned on the water?

Instead of being washed down the drain, the nuggets shifted and began to foran to form a tiny hand

"Well, therewas a carry basket here," Rainier said as he closed a lower cupboard door and stood up "But it looks likein here for so out of the faucet She was looking at tiny bones But how couldelse could They had help

Maybe the main water supply wasn’t contaminated Maybe it was just the kitchen pipes Rainier had saidin one of the cupboards If there was a bathrooet fresh water fro away froht," Rainier replied as he opened a drawer "We can--"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>