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"Morning, sunshine" Bruno tried to shake off his weariness forand a quick kiss "Mnn You taste like peaches" He licked his lips

"Baby food," I ad on you guys What’s up?" I asked He shook his head Apparently he didn’t want to talk about it, at least not in front of the others Okay, we’ll go with a safe topic "What have I et the chance as Doent I knoell enough to be friendly with Short, dark, and as Italian as pasta, he earing his "fedley" suit: nice, dark gray suit coat and pants, white shirt, blue tie, and black shoes with a high gloss

"We’re on"

I didn’t want to leave Bruno’s side, but there was no arguing with Rizzoli when he used that tone Besides, he was s, and I needed to knoas going on So I gaveand walked over to the video setup Kevin pointed to a , Princess" On the ood to see you well Princess Adriana will be joining us in a htly in return "And goodDahlmar’s voice The video screen in front of me now split into four sections Hias in the upper left, Dahl next to him I hadn’t expected him to be there, but should have After all, John Creede has saved the king’s tailto call on hi

John’s a handsoood cheekbones His eyes are the color of honey, his hair a warhts He keeps it cut short, or it would fall in uneable and unh there is so like a bird of prey about him

"Your Majesty You look well"

He s wouldn’t be seen"My future as nearly killed Her mother is in the hospital My country is tur Hardly well, I’m afraid"

There wasn’t ave er; part sad, puppy-eye regret He looked good, but like he’d already been through a long day As usual, both he and the king earing splendid suits

I wasn’t thrilled at reat Nobody had mentioned it yet, but only because they were all too polite If it’s true that television adds twenty pounds, I was in real trouble I’ve been dropping weight for a while because ofto show I’d gone froaunt in the last six weeks But at least I was dressed in ined what I’d look like in Emma’s duds--we are so not the same size or body type--and e disappeared, replaced by Queen Lopaka’s Thaton either side of her, out of the way of thegririm I hope the full coht of the video caliel fish floated next to a seahorse in the blue-tinted salt water, while a starfish crawled up the side wall

"Greetings, niece, Dahle Creede" I noticed that she didn’t address Rusland’s ruler as "King" Well, they were about to become family First-name terms for her future son-in-law seeh protocol to know that when the siren queen addressed , Aunt Lopaka, I’ood, but she was alive and upright And if she was online, she was out of ICU Chances were good she’d recover fully given a bit of ti I’d be dead As it is, I believe I may actually wind up with scars to rival yours"

Hia’s ihter As always, Adriana was a vision of auburn-haired beauty Today she earing a raw-silk suit in forest green, a cream-colored blouse, and emerald jewelry She made me feel like a toad She looked directly into the cae she was staring at After aa vision

I’d been with Adriana once before in a vision She seees I wasn’t sure anyone else had noticed her going out of focus, so I held up one hand to keep the others frohtly, and said, "What do you see?"

"You have … fangs, and scars" Her voice was gentle and floaty