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Reah, you have to stay or Arvil will think you’re weak, Tory sent mindspeech later Arvil had tied all five women to the rail fence Astralan and I had sat on only the day before, and then blindfolded them He’d then accepted a ranos pistol from one of the warlocks and shot each of the woe A ranos pistol froe ainst the fence, headless and bloody, when Arvil was done

If his reht as to their potential sentence if Arvil found the nervously now I knew they knew about it, I just didn’t kno otten involved Even if Arvil didn’t know, I think the Hardlows and their warlocks did

"Reah, baby," Tory’s hand was cool against the back of my neck as I vomited the contents of my stomach innearby, handing ht at thatwas calling again

"Teeg, I’asp before dry heaving again

"Reah, I’ve gotten communication from Arvil so I knohat happened"

"You didn’t see it happen, I did," I muttered

"Sweetheart, come on Wash your face and stand up You can’t show theet up and walk out of there now You can’t do this"

"Teeg, soht?" I hit the terminate call button and the screen went blank

"Coht" Tory ca to slap Lendill Schaff into next eight-day, I sent theoutout ofhad happened The only good thing to come from all this was there were fewer to cook for Farzi atching me closely, however Nenzi, too, as were their brothers Arvil wanted another sit-doith h the courtesans had all been trying to kill me, their deaths were too horrible to contemplate

"Reah, I haven’t failed to see how Farzi and the others act around you" That hadat? Was he accusingis that I want Farzi and the others to act as your bodyguards I’ Tory and Ry"

"That’s fine," I said It was, although I’d ht Tory and Ry could watch out for Arvil and listen for his deepest secrets Honestly, if Lendill Schaff and the ASD didn’t have an inescapable grip on me, I’d have skipped away and Arvil would never have found s earlier

Tory and Ry replaced Delvin and Carthin in Arvil’s suite later; he had three bedroo up to the nice, large one belonging to Arvil Farzi, Nenzi and the other reptanoids moved into the two s hts alone, I shouldn’t have Farzi and Nenzi crawled into bed with me as lion snakes

"You should not worry that we try to couple," Farzi told ht "When ere made, ere neutered"

"When we not turn out like they want," Nenzi added sadly

"Nenzi, I aainst mine

"We learn to deal with this," Chazi said He never talked much, like most of his brothers

"I still love Reah" Nenzi had his arms wrapped around me

"And I still love you" I kissed Nenzi’s cheek "I think we have a lot in common, don’t you?"

"Yes We know Reah different e see her first time," Perzi nodded his head

"And we keep secrets," Farzi said

"I know" I placed a hand around the back of Farzi’s neck and bumped his forehead with mine

Two days later, Nenzi drove me to the city, accompanied by Farzi, Yanzi and Perzi We sahat the tarlocks had done e arrived Entire housing districts had been burned to the ground The warlocks had hit a centralized natural gas station that still supplied fuel to an ancient portion of the city, none of which had been upgraded to solar power The resulting fire had spread swiftly, and some residents hadn’t h So many homes burned at the same time that the outdated fire departments nearby had been unable to handle it