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He shook his head "I don’t understand What’s settled?"

"You’ll meet the rest of our females so that their fathers won’t rebel"

Aden pinched the bridge of his nose "No," he insisted "I won’t"

The st the him Their determination was palpable

"We will co the Victoria, each chosen by a irl and on the day of your coronation, you will name your favorite That favorite shall be your queen"

Uh, what now? Rendezvous equaled date, he suspected, and he did not want to date And five of therees to your co any hint of her emotions

Aden opened hiseach other on the back in a job well done

"Aden," she said

His narrowed gaze swung to her "I don’t care what you told theirl he wanted The only one he dreaered for…

Her expression was blank, just as it had been when she’d arrived at the ranch earlier Only this ti" to be more humanlike This was not a "ha-ha, let’s tease" subject

"They were right" She released his hand, severing all contact "If you refuse to date anyone else, families will coer You face enough of that already"

Was she trying to protect hi other girls? Because he uy who looked at her into dust Then spit on that dust Then flush that dust down the toilet

"I’d rather deal with the danger," he said through gritted teeth

"Well, I wouldn’t" Her expression remained implacable, her tone dead

"Don’t care" She washily done with hiood or not

"This must be done, Aden"

"No I--"

"Wonderful A lovers’ spat Let’shilared at each other for a moment Then she nodded stiffly, and he followed suit But this wasn’t over On any level He was not dating other va like she didn’t care Unless she hadn’t been acting Perhaps va more than one person

What did he know?

She had kissed hied to Dmitri, after all But she’d hated D to do with hi soht now And if that was the case, he didn’t knohat he’d do Besides involving hi-out

"We’ll talk about this later," he said quietly, fiercely, before turning away froave another stiff nod

Silent, they entered the oblet at hirabbed it before it could fall and shatter Do not forget what’s inside and accidently drink

"Do I scent a…fairy?" so closer to flank hiain, the room fell silent and all eyes landed on him Only this time, those eyes were filled with horror and hate

Great The cologneoff

The vamps backed away froht circle Riley was rigid, ready to attack Victoria finally exuded euards pushed their way through the crowd and joined Riley in the circle, facing the va, unquestioning support For me How odd

One dark-haired vae finally stepped forward He ignored the wolves, his cold gaze locked on Aden "Are you already a traitor, cavorting with our enehed He just couldn’t help hi repeated death-atte, then yes, he was