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Daoud’s jaw clenched as he straightened up to glare at the Alfar

A djinn, I thought, his cornucopia groin suddenly o, at the Alfar Compound, I’d watched another djinn, naed weapons out of his pantaloons Yes, pantaloons Oh, and he’d also pulled out a mace In other words, Wally put the "haured out Daoud’s faction sooner, but Wally and Daoud looked so dissimilar, and used their powers so differently, that it was like they came from different centuries

They probably do co back to the argu before me

"You do not command my deputies, Phaedra," Ryu shot back, barely in control of his temper I’d never seen Ryu so ruffled

The Alfar fe to his outburst

"Perhaps not yet, baobhan sith But soon When you have failed in this assignuaranteed by your inco abomination, and wipe hi abomination," Phaedra sent me a rather pointed stare Ryu hissed and I squeezed his hand, re him that he was not to lose his temper over me

"And this must be Jane True," the little wo to fall to her inti you Indeed, we all have" In row crueler still

I raisedsilent So the little Alfar upped the ante

"Especially Graeme He loves vulnerable little humans, do you not, Grae a beaed lust at rily interrupted the Alfar’s little gaation does not concern you Or your master"

"Of course it does You kno s"

My heart dropped into my shoes when Phaedra said the na toward Graeme Only Jarl would protect such a monster

"Jarl expressed his concern over recent events to our king and queen, and Orin and Morrigan granted him permission to send my team…" here Phaedra smiled, a small and unpleasant expression that ation While the king made it clear that our role is one of support, Jarl made it clear that he expects you to be replaced if this situation is not soon resolved

"And considering that all you have ed to do is lose nearly a dozen lives under your watch while nearly getting yourself killed at least twice, I expect that rel bedile little body that would explain her presence here"

Ryu’s face hite with rage as his hand gripped ht actually crush it when the rapist incubus piped up with his own creepy two cents

"If she does have anything hidden on her, I’d be happy to get it out for you," Graeaze wander over my body with an expression in which lust and ods that if you touch her…" Ryu started forward, as I grabbed his wrist and both Caleb and Daoud put restraining hands on his shoulder

"I won’t just touch her," the incubus said, stepping forward to goad Ryu "I a to fuck her sideways--stretch her little cunt so far you can crawl inside it and retire, you pathetic excuse for a--"

"Enough!" Phaedra booht between the incubus and Ryu

I knew that only the threat of Phaedra’s Alfar power kept the situation fro into a full-on braithhe was so angry, and all of his deputies looked equally pissed Daoud was practically gnashing his teeth and Caleb was tossing his horns at thethe harpies like they ht make a decent snack; the harpies, in turn, had their beady eyes focused on Julian and his mother like hawks that had just spotted two fluffy bunnies

"This is neither the tie "We are here on official business"

While the tension didn’t ease, everyone did take a step back Except for Grae Ryu to do so about it