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Alora smiled at me "Hey, you look"

"I wouldn’t bother if I were you,"to try andme well, Evan didn’t comment on my appearance "Nervous?"

"Of course I’m not," I said with a forced sout of it, he sihtened his hold on uys here?"

"Just wanted to check on you both and, you know…do that whole ‘"

I rolled my eyes "You mean Alora made you come"

Evan’s expression was pure innocence "No, I do have a sensitive side, you know" Then it was Alora’s turn to roll her eyes "Off the subject, I’ve just e West He’s here with Bran and Paige’s Sire, Robert Langley"

I didn’t like the sound of that Bran was a regular visitor, but the others weren’t "Have they asked about Paige?"

"Langley was asking where she was, but Antonio just said that she healed the tainted vampires and then left Bran wasn’t interested He only came here to see Alora She invited hi his line and why," she explained "After everything he’s done for me, it would have been insensitive not to do it face-to-face"

True "And he’s okay with it?"

"Yep" Evan grinned "He even offered us his best wishes for the future"

Fletcher gently tapped his watch "Tio" Before I voave us a smile just before Jared teleported us both to theoutside the room in which the teleconference would take place, he took both my hands in his and searched my eyes "You sure you’re okay about this?"

I knew that if I said no, he would teleport emental comments, and no temper tantrum He would put me before what Antonio wanted and even before what he hith to nod and reply, "I’ me a smile filled with pride, he dropped a kiss onone of my hands in his, he opened the door and led uards gave us a nod Sitting at the long table were Antonio, Luther, Sebastian, Bran, Covington, and a ley Each of them immediately rose to their feet