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Wow, Gabby thought, what a far cry fro a boyfriend--would have once been fought over by warriors She wouldn’t have been considered a freak but would have been valued for her curse Rather than being ridiculed or carted off to a loony bin if someone found out, she would have been respected, born to a fa her Born to a mother ould have been proud

"Even now you continue the tradition," he said softly

"What do you ivers to their people Though hu indeed, it is what you chose as your life’s work Blood will tell"

Gabby was silent aat hihan, a faint inner voice warned

No he’s not, she retorted silently What har about history with his since Gra time She hadn’t realized howyou

Hardly He hasn’t even tried to kisssince he’d exploded through her door--two days? Three? Four? Heavens, she was beginning to lose track of ti it all deliberately, to slip past--

Gabby shook her head sharply, ter the paranoid voice Her defenses were fine Raht and fully erected She was in control Caffeine was beginning to hu her nicely It was cozy to sit tucked in bed and talk "Tellfor the croissant

Gabby stood under the shower feeling deliciously relaxed She’d hit it first thisand planned to use every last drop of hot water herself She lathered, exfoliated, and shaved, until her skin felt silky s to let anyone touch it or anything)

It was Saturday, and though she usually worked a full day on Saturdays, she’d decided not to go in Not because of hi to do with Ada overdue to send a e to her boss It was time she made it clear that she was not his personal slave and was not going to sacrifice her weekends for hiet done And if he had a problem with that, he could fire her She kneouldn’t Interns were slave labor, they cah she wasn’t as brilliantly persuasive as a fairy that was thousands of years old, she still hty-two percent of the arbitrations she filed No, he wouldn’t fire her

A brehon, she thought, lathering shampoo in her hair Adaaled her with tale after tale about his experiences with, and knowledge of, the ancient Celts She al slipped back in another ti a dry, often dark sense of humor, he was a veritable font of infor

Perhaps, shepensively, if she spent more time with him, coaxed him to tell her more about himself, she’d find a weakness she could exploit, a vulnerability she could turn to her advantage

The ive him to seduce you

Yeah, well, she really couldn’t see any other options He’dhouse with her, and she was pretty sure he wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon, unless she could find some way to make him leave

Keep your friends close, Gabby, Gram had always said, but your eneot you into so much trouble with your queen?" Gabby embarked on her new plan without prea at the sink, eating leftovers from the Maisonette

Adaed Christ, this having to eat five, six, even seven ti at peak efficiency was absurdly tier, and the sating of it Taste was every bit as heightened in human form as lust was In fact, all human sensations were more intense than a Tuatha Dé’s It hardly see huain "Irrelevant, ka-lyrra," he evaded

Of all the things shehe didn’t want to talk about Even after all these months, he still wasn’t sure why he’d done what he’d done He’d known Aoibheal would have to punish him He’d known this would push her too far He’d known that defying her, questioning her authority in front of her entire court and the High Council, would force her to call him to account in ways more severe than she’d ever done before