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"Working with hiood"

"Oh, does he now?" Carwyn anization quite well and has been a huge help on a number of levels And she loves it I’ve never seen her so happy"

Then why isn’t she laughing?

He frowned and continued stalking deer There weren’tthe middle of the winter months They tended to wander in the lower hills, but there were usually at least soht have to wander farther Though Ioan ht occasionally drink the donated human blood they kept at the house, Carould not

The act of drinking huled for years to conquer For soid’s blood came to his e The tinge that wouldn’t be there anyht fro

"Father, did you want to try farther up the valley?"

Carwyn decided that a run ht be just what he needed to clear his head "I’ll race you"

They returned to the far They had found a deer to share and Ioan was bringing in the meat for the human workers after they had drained the anier Both he and Ioan still preferred the taste of wild gae, he supposed Though he had followed a vegetarian diet in his human years, like ht hi exertedthat he let hie in, anyway

No, the feel of his element beneath bare feet, the wind in his face filled with the myriad scents of the forest, and the rich taste of wild blood--those were the indulgences he allowed hih It had to be

He saw a faint puff of se of a faed with tobacco His eyes narrohen he caught Brigid’s dark bob of hair in the shadows, s the s She was bundled in a grey wrap that Deirdre had given her, and her whiskey-brown eyes scanned the night Watching for what, he didn’t know Carwyn observed the girl for a few aze, the ready set of her shoulders, and her tense expression Even at ho her people and under the care of the uarded and wary

Why don’t you laugh, Brigid Connor?

An odd wandering thought darted through his mind and he wondered what she would look like when she was sleeping Would the tension still mark her forehead? Would her mouth still hold a fir about your arette sht

"When did you pick that up?"