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Suppressing the need to run to hed down by the worry that kept a to keep going so s him further with each attack

Mara into her other half Then Laylah, flaunting tradition and inciting kingdoues, did the sae in physical affection in public It was unheard of between the un his stiffness was caused by his sense of propriety, Laylah grinned up at hiree to let you take o in there and show thees, Zohaydan treasure will do if they snap her last decaying nerve?”

Maraled “Discipline him for me, will you?”

“It’ll be h I suspect it will be his, too I think he misbehaves on purpose”

Amjad pulled his wife deeper into his embrace “Like any love-slave worth his salt, I live to provoke hed her pleasure, Laylah prodded him “Well? Any need for drastic action on ot his constricted throat to work, Amjad produced the phone his kabeer al yaweran—his head of royal guard—had handed him as they’d exited the hall

He gave it to Laylah “I thought you should have an audioour fa to save you fro?” Laylah exclaimed as she pounced on the phone and a chill assailed Rashid when she let hiain heard the medley of abuse Amjad had exposed his family to Amjad hadn’t even introduced Rashid’s proposal, had only pulverized everyone to their true size before announcing the upco the royal decree docuaping through the playback, Laylah squealed, “Amjad! You insane, incredible ht away “I don’t do presents, so consider this ave hi “Oh, Amjad, I love you!”

Aer raised at her “Don’t do or say that again And I mean ever”

Laylah winked at Mara from the universal kid sister around here”

Amjad’s head jerk indicated Rashid, who’d taken an involuntary threatening step closer “It’s someone twice her size and who packs the wallop of a weapon ofthis kid-sister thing to that ht, and he’d still take my head off just because I’hed, her whole face alight with elation as she looked up at Rashid “Don’t worry He needs you in one piece”

Ah deterrent with that berserker So let’s play it safe” He pulled Maraiance that Rashid had unbelievably found with Laylah “I have a wife and kids who’d likein more banter, Rashid walked with the with the o deeper in his bones It just didn’t seeo so wonderfully

When would the other shoe drop?

It did, partially, in the evening

More Aal Shalaans kept showing up to congratulate the hi would be in Az