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"I’ to explain myself to you lot"

Carwyn craned his neck around to shoot a pointed look at Anne’s retreating figure "Maybe you should Just to practice"

"Daniel is very young and has a lio," Murphy said

"Just a hu-terid frowned "That’s true You didn’t proposition lanced at Carwyn uneasily, Ge antiques in the back of hishis arid elbowed hi his woain "Not very successfully"

Murphy narrowed his eyes Anne was talking with a very tall Sho looked like an underwearhumans solely for their looks It was very bad policy The man’s hair was almost to his waist Ridiculous How could that not be a detri as all of you are," Geo make sure that Jetta’s people are settled and find out ill be attending the ht Excuse id pulled out a piece of paper "Gunnar Jarlson? He’s their security chief, and Roger wanted ot here"

"Of course"

Murphy watched the women walk toward the Scandinavian vaid to the tall blond talking to Anne

"His name is Gunnar?" Murphy asked

Carwyn nodded "Security chief Quite good fro with Jetta for thirty or forty years They ht be related"

"They all look related"

"Ha!" Carwyn shook his head "They’re an iht, for sure Tall, blond, and i va a sneer "Sounds like the subject of a bad roree," Carwyn said "That sounds like a rather excellent romance novel You realize that when they raided Ireland many of the wo about the hair"

"Shut up, Carwyn"

"I a that out"

"Adoring?" Murphy glanced at his fierce young enforcer "Oh yes, the fawning must be quite tiresome I don’t kno you put up with it"

"It’s difficult, but I ht was as tedious as Murphy had expected, though he ht have simply been in a foul mood because Anne had locked him out of her room He’d never been able to catch up with her at the party, and by the time dawn rolled around, she was firmly ensconced in her suite, while Murphy was forced to his own very cold--if ad started with a knock on his door froid’s men, who needed to confirerated store of cow’s blood--still vile--and a shower and change of suit

He needed to swim Murphy hadn’t touched the water in days, and the pool Terry had was salt He needed freshwater Needed a good dousing in the river or a lake nearby Perhaps it would take the edge off when he spent night after night wearing his civilized face without the relief of beating anyone up

"Boss?"