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He snuffed again, sitting tall like an areneral I rested e; there were English translations of several Marks I read each one, saying theet it, Petey What are you trying to showat y with his hot breath
"My rash?"
After doing that sneeze thing that I’d coe again, resting it over a picture of a torso I shoved him off and leaned closer "Now she wears the Mark of Betrayal; the Cursed Rune of one ill eternally suffer the consequences of her own undoing" I looked into the dog’s eyes "What’s that supposed to mean?"
He staredsirl ofout of the bathroorab the book, but Petey flicked it with his paw, sending it under the bed "Enjoy your shower?"
"Thoroughly" David ran up behindbetween ?" I squealed
"Making love toto inch up the bed away from him "Stop That really tickles"
"I know," he said
My body thrashed about under his, , and his fangs gleaainst those oh-so-kissable lips
He stopped then, and we both panted heavily, his sweetly-scented breath coe of my nose "My coronation’s tomorrow," he said, still a little puffed "I want to make love to you now in case all the extra power affectshis, then kissed his soft, full lips once "I want to, David, but I can’t"
"Can’t?" he scoffed, his voice high "Can’t what?"
I rolled out from under him and jumped off the bed "I…I can’t have sex with you"
"Why?" He got up, too
"I’m just…not really in the mood" I looked away fro In truth, I just couldn’t risk falling pregnant to him until Arthur and I had done our deed with the turkey baster
"Not in the mood?" He pressed the back of his hand to my brow "Are you okay?"
I walked away and flopped back on the bed, huffing "I’rabbed me fro o take care of Court this afternoon"
"You can’t You haven’t been crowned"
"Let’s see theue that withain "Just rest I’ll be back up in a few hours"
I rolled over and snuggled into the pillow, s "Thanks, David"
"Don’tthe wardrobe door a second later
The afternoon ticked by I laid onwith her uncle In my dreams of her--the labyrinth one and the Garden of Lilith one--she was different I assu, was Little Lili, but Lilith’s hair was dark, likeon the doorfraht
"I dreaain"
"Who?"
I nodded at the do his head to touch lass "Lilith?"
"Yeah That was the third dreairl, except, this tie Jason discovered"
"What passage?"
"By the fireplace I don’t know--he just pushed on a few places, and a door opened in the wall"
David appeared by the fireplace, rapping and tapping on several different spots
"Other side of the fireplace," I said
"Oh" He walked over and did his thing, then stopped h, it popped out, and he opened it
"How did you find that so fast?"
"I’ out his hand "Co over to stand beside hio with hi over his teeth "He’s not your husband You don’t get to rabbed ed h I kind of wanted to go exploring with David
"So, where do you think this leads?" I asked
"Maybe to the village"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah Quite often, in older buildings that housed the rich or important, they’d build these escape tunnels in case of invasion or robbery"
"How come no one knows it’s here?"
"That’s the point You can’t escape out a secret passage if everyone knows you have one"
"But, wouldn’t they be able to tell it’s here--I ap between the end of the manor outside and where the walls end inside"
"You didn’t notice a gap"
"Touché"
"Besides, I suspect all the rooe--no one would notice a few inches if it was consistent"
"But, it’s not big enough to take up a whole room" I reached out and touched both walls at the same time
"It doesn’t"
"It does in Jason’s rooht" He rubbed his chin "Clever girl I didn’t think of that"
"Neither did I Jase did"
He stood taller "Can you stop calling hiirl’s voice "It’s i"
"Why? It’s just a name"
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