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"That was bad" She jogged to catch up to hiain

"I don’t have a mate to keepcourse, and Aiden’s eyebrows shot up "You? I thought you were heading to the city"

Amelia smiled "I took a tiny little detour"

Behind the here?" Darian de up to them

"I’ve coonna happen" Darian turned and went into the house

Amelia looked at Sascha and Aiden "That went very well, didn’t it?"

"Are you sure he’s yourunconvinced

A of him since I was six"

Aiden stared "Wait Since you were six? Not recently?"

"Nope" She shook her head

Sascha looked at Aiden "He never said anything"

Aiden frowned "Go see if he’ll talk to you If you are hishe can’t avoid"

"Wish me luck," Amelia said and turned toward the house

"She’ll need more than luck Darian is a stubborn sonofabitch," she heard Sascha mutter

I can be even more stubborn

Amelia opened the door and poked her head inside "Helllloooo?" she called out in her best Tim Curry impersonation

She heard footsteps on hardwood before Elizabeth, Meryn, and a man in butler attire appeared from a hallway

"Oh, it’s Bubbles," Meryn re in her ed "She’s bubbly"

Elizabeth just sighed and turned to her "Looking for Darian?"

Ahed "That’s what that was? I thought one of the walls had caved in He sure was loud"

The man in the crisply pressed butler outfit stepped forward and placed his right hand over his heart before bowing at the waist "Welcome to the Alpha estate My name is Ryuu; I am the squire here If you would like, I can show you to Darian’s roo you will be staying for the evening ht?" Ryuu asked