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"Well, you can wear normal clothes when you cook," Delvin conceded I wanted to thank hi his permission in the ht be running out of patience soon I had no desire to see anyone else burned to a crisp while screa at me

I went to bed shortly afterward, but before I futilely attempted to sleep, I drew out what I’d held in the pocket of my leather pants and examined it Perhaps it was luck, perhaps it was one to exa us It turned out to be part of a sprinkler pipe

I’d lifted a piece of it up after nearly tripping over it in the damp soil, and then slid the small chunk carefully into one of s did that were ruh h to record it for research later--he was certainly interested in the fact that there were more fields of drakus seed so otten in late and then was unable to sleep afterward I didn’t bother with a jacket today and wore a stretchy, sleeveless shirt--it was summer on Ca My breasts, such as they were, were visible under ’s appearance, it irl Master Arvil discovered that fact last night, even withaway to tend to so on the stove

"He didn’t touch you, did he?" Teeg was turning me back to face him, a look of concern on his face

"No" My reply was sullen

"I’ll kill hi’s hands clenched I stared at him in shock--where had that co said "Go back to your cooking The countertops will be delivered soive me an exact tirinned at hed

"Of course he did," I ave hi "I hear you’re Master Arvil’s new bodyguard, as well as his cook"

"I’ warned

"It’s Reah," cruel-mouth sauntered into the kitchen He stared atHe checked all the new appliances Checked the new cabinets and h supplies to lay the new countertops Cruel-mouth finally left

"Neele, is there any furniture polish anywhere?" Teeg asked my assistant

"I think the housekeeper has some," Neele replied Arvil’s housekeeper was likely in her twenties and looked as if she hopped into bed with Arvil whenever he snapped his fingers Her long dark hair and pretty face hadn’t gotten past Neele either "I’ll go ask," Neele trotted out of the kitchen

"Reah, if that wizard sodidn’t finish his state would be concerned, or what he could do if cruel-

Neele trotted back in with a bottle of furniture oil "This will do nicely--do you have an old cloth or anything?" Neele found that, too, by going to ask the housekeeper He was gone longer the second ti the wood cabinets They were red wood, and the new countertops were supposed to be black stone It would look very nice when finished

When Neele walked out of the kitchen to go to the bathrooain "Reah, ht," he said

I wanted to ask him why, but my desire to meet him just about anywhere kept that question behind reed "But they’ll watch me, I think"

"Arvil won’t care--I work for him, too He keeps me busy at all his casinos most of the time He pulled o back to that, tomorrow"

"They’ll still have an eye ona cabinet door next to the stove, which ht beside me as I worked

"Only until they see you’re withthe sun not to rise Not possible Teeg had no idea who I was and why or how I’d gotten here And he was quite handso heads wherever he went What could he possibly see in a small, nearly flat-chested female with a shaved head? It made absolutely no sense at all

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"There you are--I was beginning to think you’d changed yourpulleddown the street that ran between the casinos and the beach I’d been right, too, about Arvil’s guards watching

"Let’s sit here" Teeg chose a spot with a nice view of theover the water I dropped beside hi for some reason We didn’t talk for several ticks

"Reah, did you think I wouldn’t know? I can’t believe those idiots didn’t see it sooner," Teeg turned to look atin his dark eyes