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She snorted Ariel, a sense of hulass inset in the balcony door In the darkness of the queen’s bedcha on the queen’s bed From their frenetic pace, they were either very close to coetic Froes of the balcony door, then realized they could squeal like a herd of pigs and never be noticed He looked back through the , suddenly shy Still going

A gentleman would wait A wetboy would use the distraction Kylar slipped inside

The young rabbed his buttocks and urged hi He thrust twicehi to make it this time"

"Sorry, Sis," Luc Graesin said

Kylar felt suddenly lightheaded The ka’kari whistled softly ~I haven’t seen royal incest for a couple centuries, and that was in Yled into Terah’s side and laid his head on her chest Considering that he was substantially taller and bigger than his sister, it was oddly subes Luc was perhaps seventeen and looked younger; Terah enty-five and looked older How long had this been going on?

Durzo had taught Kylar that when so surprised you on a job, only one question e what I have to do? The answer noas no, unless Luc stayed all night Kylar put aside all the speculations about what thisto do but wait, so Kylar moved behind a pillar in a quiet corner of the room

Luc propped himself up on an elbow "Sis, I wanted to talk to you about to to lead your first battle," Terah said, pushing a lock of hair back behind his ear "You’re going to be safe I’ve given the Guard coot out of bed and began dressing "I didn’t fight at Pavvil’s Grove I didn’t go on any raids I didn’t fight highlanders at Screaan Gyre"

"I’m the Lord Commander of the Royal Armies of Cenaria, and ht I had with the pig keeper’s boy I was ten He was eight I lost and you had hiht with their brains Your scouts were instrumental to our victory at Pavvil’s Grove," Terah said

"How do you do that?" Luc asked, pausing in the act of lacing his tunic "You fit two lies in one sentence It wasn’t our victory It was Logan’s Why we rule now rather than having our heads on pikes, I don’t know And I co the scouts Men wondered if I was trying to screw up I was so bad they thought I was a traitor"

"Who said that?" Terah asked, her eyes alight

"It doesn’t "

Luc threw his hands up "That’s what I’ht earn after a lifetime of--"

"What do you want?" she interrupted

"I think we should stop"

"Stop?"

"You and aze

"Do you still love me?"

"Sis"

"It’s a simple question"

"Insanely," Luc said "But if people find out, they’ll install Logan in a second"

"Logan won’t threaten us forever"