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"I’m the assistant historian/librarian here at the Keep If I can’t help you, no one can"

If I won’t help you, no one will That was the underlying ht

He hadn’ta psychic thread, and was alold eyes were starting to glaze, so in his expression h

"Let’s start with your name," the man said

Because thethe old bastard his family name

"Let me put it this way," the man said "You can offer the basic courtesy of your nao to Hell"

Theran shivered, because there was so about the soft thunder in that deep voice that warned him his choices were very literal

"Theran From Dena Nehele"

"Since the mountain didn’t fall down around us and your head didn’t explode, I’ so much infor slapped down Not by a stranger A response scalded his throat, but he choked it back He didn’t like the Hayllian on principle--and the Hayllian didn’t see the inforht

"There has been reason for secrecy," Theran muttered

"Then your lack of iven"

Cold voice, cold eyes, cold temper If he’d ruined this chance

"I understand you’re looking for someone," the man said "Who?"

Maybe there was still a chance

"Daeained a sharp edge The man asked too softly, "Why?"

None of your business Theran bit his tongue to keep fro the words "He owes my family a favor"

He wasn’t sure that was an accurate assesse that had been handed down to the males in his family, but it was sufficient explanation for this librarian

"I see"

A long silence while those gold eyes stared at hiht in for you," the " Hell’s fire! Reht! "Thank you So hot to drink would be ht in And I’ll see what I can find out about Prince Sadi"

The Hayllian walked out of the rooh of relief

The control required to close the door and walk away, leaving that little whelp’s uess Daemon’s not the only one who feels overprotective at ti the other presence in the corridor, he made sure the door was firmly shut and stepped away from it as Geoffrey, the Keep’s historian/librarian, dropped the sight shield that had kept him hidden

"You heard?" Saetan asked

"Since you left the door open, it was hard not to," Geoffrey replied

"See to the refreshments, will you? I’ll deal with the rest"

Geoffrey raised a white-skinned hand "Just one question Who is that ju jackass? What have you been reading?"

The other Guardian wouldn’t meet his eyes

Saetan had seen over fifty thousand years Geoffrey had been serving the Keep forafter all those years that Geoffrey’s choice of recreational reading leaned towardWell, he wasn’t sure what category of fiction would use such a phrase, and he was almost afraid to ask anyone in order to find out But the whole thing tickled hih to push aside teht have been the point