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"And here I thought you were intelligent He doesn’t want that girl in any way"
"I know, he told me, but that doesn’t mean he won’t marry her if he thinks that’s the best course of action" And if he didn’t? If he chose Josephina, as he’d see? What then?
The ansas simple: war
William reached over, plucked an ice-blue rose from the bushes, and tucked the bud behind her ear "I’m surprised he told you that h The only reason he’d ever h, it won’t coreater chance Kane would have to do it "Are you trying to help his chances with , "Listen up, and listen well What Kane has gone through would have killedwith hi to help hi to be easy"
Was he referring to Kane’s tih," she said
Williaers under her chin and forced her to look up at hiht after it had happened"
"Surprising On both counts He talked, and he let you live with the knowledge" He shrugged, and said, "Give hiure out the best course of action, it’ll please you, things will smooth out, and you’ll live happily ever after I’ll be quite disgusted, I’m sure"
Ti is the day after that How ive him?" And how selfish was she, to actually have put Kane in such a position? To marry her horrible sister, just to save her, or tobloodshed?
Willia to run away if things don’t go your way, little fairy? I’d rethink that if I were you He’ll track you down He may not punish you when he finds you, but I will I’ll do things to you you’ve only read about in horror stories I don’t like to be inconvenienced, and I don’t like to see et a little cranky"
"Save your threats I’ fit She searched the area, and found a raging fire spreading through the flowers
She heard Kane curse under his breath "The Phoenix is here," he threw at Willia off in a run Only, he stopped after just a few feet and turned His narrowed gaze locked on the warrior, who still had his fingers under Josephina’s chin, then he started running again--in the opposite direction, flying straight toward the two of the, "No one touches her but et himself under control
Kane had tackled his only ally, just for touching his chosen fe a mortal enemy to escape
Now, that chosen fe his fight with William, and he hadn’t been able to find her since He was forced to sleep alone--not that he didWithout Tink in his bed, he couldn’t relax
By , the palace was a flurry of activity Servants rushed here and there, cleaning andbuffet tables
He caught one of those servants by the arrinned up at hihted by his attention "I last saw her in the kitchen, Lord Kane I’ll fetch her, if you like I’ll do anything you ask" She stepped closer to hi"
Mine, Disaster said
"Thanks, but I’ll fetch her myself" He stalked to the kitchen--and missed her by less than a handful of seconds
He picked up a bowl, his grip so tight the crystal instantly shattered He didn’t want Tink working He wanted her out of harm’s way He wanted to kiss her and finish what they’d started yesterdayThen, when his body was calure out his next move
He left the kitchen and ran into Synda "Lord Kane!"
Mine, Disaster shouted
Her s those hideous clothes to the ball"
He earing the clothes he’d come here in, but they were clean "Will you cancel if I do?"
She patted his cheek, and he stepped out of reach "You’re so cute when you expect the worst, but you’re even cuter in the proper attire, so e, or I’ll be very unhappy" With that, she skipped away
Whatever With Tink avoiding hiht as well try to take care of her Phoenix problem He slipped out of the palace and into the forest, pleased to find Petra had left tracks today Ridiculously obvious tracks, he realized with a frown Did she want to be captured?
Yeah, he thought asi his enemy to find him and escort him into their camp Once there, he’d rained absolute and total destruction
"--will suffer for what your people have done," a h a veil of bushes and found four Fae soldiers pinning Petra to the ground and tying her hands behind her back She was struggling, but her efforts were puny at best