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Her ad circus All she lacked were a few elephants tru froreat

Nohat the hell was she supposed to do?

Fiona thanked the healer for taking care of her busted eardruain, and watched as he lifted an ar her ears, she went in search of Alison and found her in the living roo baby Helena The baby at three months was noonderful ar The first year with a nursing baby in the house was always a tough tih Add to that Alison’s duties as executive assistant to the scorpion queen and yes, it was definitely tihter alone It had to be one in the aze drifted to the black shock of hair,motion, Fiona’s heart squished up into a delicious knot reo Would she and Jean-Pierre one day have a faht tears to her eyes

"I should go," she said

Alison s as you like, but you , strange, frightening night it had been "I’d better get back to Jean-Pierre"

Alison nodded

Sheplatform and Jean-Pierre know that she was on her way Boy, did she have things to tell him What a show he’d s settled with Jean-Pierre, she transferred to the night-duty grid ot a fold to the platforht of him was always a jolt to her feminine sensibilities but especially in a uniforood portion of his chest, and parts of his legs He was tall, ripped, lean as hell with sharp cheekbones--so handsoain She had the strong feeling that noyears, that would never change, how theto the floor

Her heart started pounding out a new cadence because she realized that right in this ht … except to go hohts must have been similar because when he approached her, he smelled like a war the word next to her ear He slipped his arms around her and held her close

She looked up at hi okay here? I was a little surprised when you left Endelle’s office"

"Yes, I needed to speak with Seriffe … about the Militia Warrior training program I … have soht in his eye, so akin to hopefulness What on earth had happened? What had changed? "What’s going on?"

"I aed forwholly unexpected"

She blinked "Eht, aren’t I?"

He nodded "I believe so, but the application that keeps flowing throughnot just their skills but their powers as well We need theer if we are to win this war"

"And you think you can help the them into their powers?"

"I am not certain, but that is my wish"

She squeezed his arm "Jean-Pierre, I hope you can do exactly that because I knohat this htly "I love that you know ht and that you understood how e the course of the war I want it as though it is life to o hohtly and waved to the officer on duty

"Ready?" he asked, looking down at her

Fiona smiled She loved that about Jean-Pierre, that he didn’t just take off, folding thee difference for her Folding anywhere was still an unsettling experience Yes, she loved that about hih nether-space landed theht next to the piano

She blinked, staring at the baby grand "One day, I hope you’ll play for me, then I’ll play for you"

"You play as well?" he asked

She lifted her chin "I’ll have you know that every accomplished wohed

As she took in the piano once more, for a swift moment she was drawn back to her row house in Beacon Hill all those decades ago, to the evening parties, to perfor to her dearest friends perform Those were the requirements of the time and place

Now she was in Jean-Pierre’s house, a very different time, a very different place There were new require her from theca was so extraordinary and de