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"I’ve even had lass so I could look at his seed in a lens chamber," Jessa said "He’s precious few tadpoles at all, and those swi into each other like drunks at a reel"
"I’d like a look myself," Leesha said
"To what end?" Jessa asked
"There ery," Leesha said
Jessa shook her head "Even if you had all the resources of the Age of Science, that’s delicate work, and assu the duke will let you anywhere near his ic," Leesha said "I knooman decades past her fertile years cured by it"
"You think Rhinebeck will let you put a spell on himan’s noose"
"We’ll see," Leesha said "But for now, I’d just like to see his seed Could you … ?"
"Acquire soet it yourself if you wished Pregnant or not, Rhinebeck wouldn’t hesitate if given the chance to cuckold his brother"
"That’s not going to happen," Leesha said
"You wouldn’t even need to lie with hiiven him a taste for a woman’s hand Won’t take you but aher revulsion at the thought "Will you get it for me, or shall I ask the duchess?"
Jessa saw she had pressed too far "I’ll have it sent to your chaht, perhaps"
CHAPTER 22
BACHELOR’S BALL
333 AR WINTER
There was a rap at the door, and Leesha juht
It could be Rojer again, but Leesha thought it unlikely unless there was soht visits had been the norh dinner Leesha had pretended not to notice at first, but then shehim to look away in embarrassment
But he hadn’t His eyes held hers, and she could feel the heat in his stare They had not spoken privately since that night on the road, but he was to head south in just two days, and there was too much still unsaid He knew it, and so did she
Wonda had been dozing on one of the chairs, but since Rojer’s surprise visit, she had refused to retire before Leesha She shook herself, casting off sleep and straightening as she approached the door
Leesha reached quickly into the top drawer of her desk, taking her handher hair and face It was vain, but she didn’t care She stuck a finger in the front of her dress, pulling it down and giving her bust a lift
But it wasn’t Tha a lacquered goldwood box