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"I want you to help me keep a proers over the sleeve of her gown--and still wasn’t sure if he was touching so real "That’s all?"
She took the step that erased the distance left between them Then she touched her lips to his in a kiss that was as warm as a dream and as soft as a wish
"For the spooky house, yes, that’s all" She wrapped her arms around his neck and added a little more heat to the kiss "Afterward, we can have a late supper and a quiet evening alone to do whatever kind of dancing you want"
Heat flashed through his blood before he got hiain "Promise?"
She smiled and linked her hand with his as she took a step back "Promise"
TWENTY-EIGHT
Surreal had plenty to say to theroom
"You have to talk to your brother"
"I talk to my brother all the time," Daemon said mildly He crossed the room and stood next to the footstool in front of her chair
"Iunreasonable? How can you tell?"
S at her
"You don’t knohat it’s like," she grule day--and stares atto see if I’m done" Which, she’d discovered, wasexactly what Lucivar was doing "He showed up earlier today and said that, after Winsol, I have to go to Ebon Rih and ith hi skills--especially defensive tactics"
Sadi looked politely interested, but it was hard to tell if his brain was really in the room
"Hesaid I can stay at The Tavern down in Riada, and he’ll pay for room and board--as if I can’t afford to pay for et bitchy about this, he’ll chuck uest room at the eyrie and put shields around the room to make sure I stay thereAnd he’ll chuck Dae," Daeree to Lucivar’s terms, you will not only have to deal with him but with the rest of the ot hurt And that includes Chaosti"
Shit shit shit Chaosti was the Warlord Prince of the Dea al Mon Kin on her mother’s side Chaosti would be just as bad as Lucivar Maybe worse
Not worseNo one could be worse than Lucivar Not individually But if they ganged up on her…
"You’re as useful as a bucket of piss," she growled
Daemon just s you You can whine together in the evenings"
She considered several extres to say to and about hiold ribbon and she decided to wait and see if the bribe orth holding her tongue
"Chocolate fudge," Daemon said
Hell’s fire She’d even be nice to Lucivar today for a box of fudge
"If you don’t want it…"
"You try to leave with that box, you’ll be leaving without all of your skin"
Dae we all love Now I know you’re feeling better"
"Bastard"
He laughed and handed her the box Then he handed her a fa these in person"
Her hands trembled as she opened the envelope and read the invitation to the pre of Jaenelle and Marian’s spooky house
"You don’t have to go," Daeently "We’ll understand"
"I’ve seen worse, I’ve lived through worse, and I’ve done worse I’d like to see what Jaenelle and Marian had intended Maybe that will help erase the perversion of the other one"
She hadn’t been sure she’d say anything, but as soon as she returned to A she could about Jarvis Jenkell and the trap he had set for the SaDiablo fa to sound casual--and hoping she was the only one who could hear the thunder of her heart beating "Witchfire, wasn’t it?"
He said nothing Just looked at her with eyes that were suddenly a little glazed, a little sleepy
"Was Jenkell still alive when the fire took the house?" she asked