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"Write to Lord Burle," Daemon replied "Ask him for descriptions of the plants that coht with her"

"But he doesn’t know about gardens," Gray protested "He told me that when he was in Dena Nehele"

"He has a ho knows about gardens," Saetan replied "A ill rehter But you send your request to Lord Burle whether he knows about gardens or not"

Gray nodded "Because a male doesn’t interact directly with a Lady unless he’s been formally introduced, especially when he knows a male who is connected to the Lady"

"You’ve studied your Protocol," Saetan said, his voice ith approval

"Yes, sir Cassie is helpingof loss as he watched Gray I don’t know this h Lord of Hell as if he did it every week

"Add your note to the next batch of reports that are sent to ets to Lord Burle in Dharo"

Gray smiled "Thank you I’ll write it tomorrow"

Theran cast about for so to say, but he wasn’t co with them that he didn’t have to share

"I have scars," Gray said quietly, his eyes fixed on the carpet between his feet

Another of those strange silences, as if Saetan, Dae ently

"Some of them," Gray mumbled

"Do any of them interfere with your ability to have sex?"

Gray blushed and shook his head

"Well, then"

"I have scars"

The pain in those words ripped at Theran’s heart

Another beat of silence

"If you kiss a girl the right way, she won’t notice the scars," Daeht way?" Gray slowly lifted his head "There’s a right way?"

Daemon smiled

Gray stared at Lucivar, and there was a hint of challenge in his voice "You didn’t tell e of courtship," Lucivar said "Beginner kisses As long as you don’t drool on the girl or chew her face, you’re doing fine"

Saetan and Daeure it out for hi her below the neck--or he shouldn’t be"

"I’m not," Gray said hotly "But--"

"We’ll discuss technique later," Daemon said quietly

Gray shatever he’d been about to say and sat back

"Oh, the joy of dealing with youngroo"

Theran rose to his feet with the rest of theintimate worries in front of men he barely knew, but Theran felt as if he had been stripped naked as well

Then Cassidy walked into the rooasped and rushed over to her, knocking Theran out of the way

Gray clamped his hands on either side of Cassidy’s face, his expression horrified

"What happened to her face?" His voice began rising to that desperate keening "Where is her face?"

"Gray," Cassidy said, "what’s wrong?"

"WHERE IS HER FACE?"

Saetan and Dae to pull his hands away fro to stop therabbed his arm and yanked him back

"Easy, Gray," Daemon said

"WHERE IS HER FACE?"

Saetan snapped out a sentence that sounded like a coe Saetan spoke, but the tone was sharp, cory--and Jaenelle jerked back as if she’d been slapped

Asobs as he smiled and said, "There it is There’s her face"

"Gray," Saetan said "Co naked fear on Gray’s face, Theran tried to shake off Lucivar’s hold on his arot yanked off his feet

"Jared"