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The whiplash without the velvet coating

Theran winced

Jaenelle squared her shoulders "If you gentlemen will excuse us, my Sisters and I need a few minutes to settle before dinner"

Saetan tipped his head in a bow and walked out of the roo Theran no choice but to follow hi room

"I need some air," Lucivar said "How about you?"

Theran shook his head

As Lucivar opened a glass door that led to soh Lord wouldn’t have lashed at theelline had still been the Queen of Ebon Askavi"

Lucivar gave hi"

CHAPTER 23

KAELEER

No sex tonight, Daeht as he took off his robe and slipped into bed Propped up on one elbow, he studied Jaenelle’s face She’d been broody and unhappy all the way hoed

"Well, things didn’t go too badly," he said

Jaenelle h and two parts disbelief "What dinner party were you at tonight?"

"The point of the evening was to give Gray a foundation for interacting with a Kaeleer Queen, and in that, I think we did quite well"

Her eyes widened "I created an illusion spell to give CassieGray out of half his wits, and also ry with me twice, and you think we did well?"

Daeot to ask about things that were bothering hi stick for how to react the next ti that upsets his that areto yield about other things" Gauging her ed--he added,"And I learned that Lucivar’s idea of a ro her face"

Jaenelle popped up so fast she al that up He is not thatthat"

"Eyrien?"

"Mother Night" Jaenelle looked a little stunned, but when her sapphire eyes focused on him, he wished he had the width of the bed between the her about Lucivar’s sexual skills hadn’t been the best idea Especially since he knew Lucivar had said that for Gray’s benefit

"You have to do so," Jaenelle said

"Like what?"

"No woman should have to put up with that And certainly Marian shouldn’t have to put up with that If that’s Lucivar’s idea of romance, you need to teach hiht, there’s nothing proper about a romantic kiss," Daeer "Do so"

So he did He kissed her And when he was done, one of her hands was fisted in his hair, encouraging hiave Gray so," he said as his lips drifted across her face, leaving a trail of delicate kisses

"You did?" She sounded breathless, and her scent had shifted toward arousal enough to warm his blood very nicely

"Hh the whole of dinner"

"That explains why he was so cheerful," Jaenelleher head to one side so that he could nibble on his favorite part of her neck

"Lucivar is a htgown and his fingertips whispered up and down the insides of her thighs

Nothing in her eyes now but desire Nothing in her touch but love as she slipped a hand under the covers and stroked him

"I should practice my technique," he said as he licked the valley between her breasts

"Dae bits of her to play with "How , for the moment, the thin barrier of fabric between the," he purred