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"Why?"

"So I can kill him--or her"

She had no loyalty to Cook, but she wouldn’t allow the man to be put to death for so minor an offense So, she re "If she’s hurt again, I’ll rets it"

Unused to such irreverence, Tiberius blustered for a moment "My admiration for you won’t save you from my wrath, Lord Kane Tread carefully"

"Do you want an ene the line withwild out there, and your men will never be able to take the off of the triu as ever"

Kane smiled, but it wasn’t a nice one "If I were to walk out there right now, I could slay every single male under your command and not break a sweat Want ? She wanted to jump in front of him and shield hi, but it was no longer her place to protect hiainst the wall

Tiberius leaped to his feet, planted his pale "A deadto back down fro very few had tried and none had survived His chair toppled over, one of the legs poking him in the back of the knee He didn’t seem to notice

"I have some experience with the Phoenix, and I know they’ll play with yourtheir abilities Then, the Phoenix will seem to vanish for a feeeks more and you’ll relax Then, the warriors will return with a vengeance and torch the palace and everyone in it"

Crystal eyes narrowed "If that’s the case, the problee nine days fro the bulk of Synda’s personality flaws couldn’t be hidden

I can’t watch their courtship I just can’t And she couldn’t allow herself to be drawn in and spit out by Kane anymore From now on, it would be better for her if she kept her distance from him

Maybe she should run away She’d done it before Of course, she’d been captured swiftly and disciplined severely, and had later vowed never to take such a risk again

A silly vow, she realized now

Leopold strolled into the roo off to close in on Kane

Tiberius sat Kane righted his chair and settled down

"Good , warrior" The princess tried to kiss hi her

Perhaps he hadn’t gotten over his aversion, after all

"What are you doing?" he gritted

"Making youreven better, of course," she said, unperturbed as she s

"Next time wait for permission"

The queen was the last to enter She spotted the king’s oblet with juice

The queen sipped--and spit the liquid out on Josephina’s shoes "This is horrid swill How dare you ruin the start ofelse," shehotly

"You’ll stay here," Kane growled "The juice is fine"

Penelope looked to the king, expecting him to side with her Tiberius nodded to Josephina to continue with her duties

Josephina’s stomach threatened to rebel The queen wouldincreased as she moved to Leopold’s side and poured his ainst the s her steady Meanwhile, he spread his fingers to cover asto delve between the cheeks of her bottom

She tried to shift out of the way

Kane unleashed a streaaze was locked on Leopold, and slitted

Her brother shifted uncomfortably, lowered his arm

What had that been about? Kane hadn’t been able to see her brother’s hand, had he? And if he had, he hadn’t cared about it Had he? He’d simply wanted towhat? Confused, she flittered away to the kitchen to gather the food

"Hurry up, you lazy cow," Cook snipped

She stuck her tongue out at hi to to Kane

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