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He rose from his seat and was around the table in a flash Then I was out of my seat Then I was in his arue was doing equally delicious things in my mouth

When my belly war, a surge of wetness gathered between s and my arms curled around his neck and held on for dear life, he lifted his head and I gazed hazily up at him

He held me plastered to his body and he didn’t move back even an inch

“When I say quiet, Cora, you be quiet,” he said low “You don’t, I swear to the gods, I’ll keep at you until you do and I don’t care if that ot to throw your skirts up and take you on the bloody table Am I understood?”

Oh dear

“Yes,” I whispered

“You’re a bloody princess,” he clipped

“Okay” I kept whispering

“Act like one,” he ordered

I nodded though I wasn’t certain what that entailed

He glowered at o and started to move around the table but as he did a wave of sound hit us, he moved back to me, his arm circledlikelive Prince Noctorno!” someone else yelled

“Behold, the black prince and his exquisite bride!” someone else shouted

How Totally Cool!

“Hey, ya’ll!” I shouted and waved

At h it nearly took the roof off

Cool!

I smiled Tor’s arm around my waist squeezed

“Princess,” he clipped intolike a friendly person, closedlike a royal person

This had no affect on the croho kept shouting, clapping and sta then someone yelled, “We love you, Princess Cora”

“Isn’t that sweet?” I yelled back in the direction froh I had no clue who said it

“Deliver me” I heard Tor mutter from beside me and I looked to the side and up at hiods, please sit down and eat,” he replied

“Sure,” I said, so and we sat down

The cheering kept going for a bit then subsided but only when Tor looked toward them, inclined his head but lifted a hand, palm up, and he pressed the air out They took their royal coot over my awe, finished with his bread then put it on the side of his bowl and started on an, “I need royal instruction I’”

“Pardon?” he asked and I stopped slathering butter on ht the slice toYou’ll need to explain,” I told him and then took a bite of the bread

It was chewy and full of flavor Lush

“Well, you can start with never asking the proprietress of a pub to drink with you,” he stated