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"I want your body, Lord Kane, not your ed And yeah, he felt a little guilty about his lack of concern for her She ht just be his destined mate

No Impossible Kane must have misunderstood what the Moirai had said And what about the prediction Willia the man destined to start an apocalypse

Kane didn’t even want a mate He wantedhe neededyeah, some part of him wanted and needed a mate

For the first time in centuries, he had a reason to hope He’d watched his friends fall in love, and that love had strengthened the simply to become the men their women needed What if Kane’s mate could help hiirl could calain, as the right girl?

The princess, who carried Irresponsibility? Tink, who had spent ti choice could torment hier and pity

She didn’t make him want to live, just to be with her

She didn’t et the trials of his past

She didn’tbetter

What he felt toward Tink waspowerful

She oals

She made him ache, in body and in soul

She made him smile

So, yeah, when he next had sex, it would be with Tink

When? Whoa

Had he seriously just thought the hen in conjunction with sex? He’d proo there with Tink He would only disappoint her He would ruin her innocence Now, he considered her a foregone conclusion?

"You can speak," Synda was saying to her "I won’t tell Daddy Swear"

"You had better speak," Kane reiterated He wouldn’t be able to endure this little jaunt otherwise "I’ll y jolted forward, but Tink remained quiet

A few minutes later, Synda stood up and said, "Oh, look There’s the Twenty-fifth," nearly tu out the side of the vehicle "Hey, Aos Sí Caroline! Look at--hrabbed her hand and forced her back into her seat "Stay," he commanded "Don’t move"

The princess crossed her arms over her middle and pouted "You’re no fun"

"I’m devastated you think so Now, tell me why you called that wootten, Synda giggled like a schoolgirl "Twenty-five is her number, silly, and Aos Sí is her title"

Vapid does not even begin to describe He looked to Tink

After a lengthy pause, she drew in a deep breath and said, "Every Opulen outside the royal family bears a nu, she’s the twenty-fifth h court There are fifty members All others are part of the lower court, and without a nu more important than status to the Fae? "And the title?"

"The literal translation of Aos Sí is her people Every female in the upper class bears such a title The males are referred to as Daoine Sídhe"

Good to know "What’s your number and title?"

Red stained her cheeks; she clamped her lips shut

"She isn’t an Opulen," Synda said matter-of-factly

Soshe didn’t have a number or a title He didn’t like that

He spent the rest of the fifteen-irls with questions How often had the throne changed hands? Answer: eight tis died? Answer: murdered by their successors Had the race ever been without a king? Answer: never

The exchange ended when the carriage stopped in front of the first shop in a row of shops The buildings were colittery material, with crystal roofs and s surrounded by ivy, re out of a fairy tale

Andwas that Willia the shop at the end of the street? TheDevil’s Punchboas the name, and it was clearly a tavern

Kane popped to his feet "I’ve spotted our first stop," he said