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"Raptors are incredibly important in our country Each of the noble houses has one as their symbol Your family is the merlin A small but fierce bird There are several well-known schools and programs that would be pleased to have you And you would have the added benefits of our medical system for your father" Rose looked up from her food "There are overnave ht, that was the one thing that would make me seriously consider this craziness Fro maneuvered I didn’t like it, but at the saood case And I knew aboutbirds

"I need to think about this" I picked up my fork and pushed the potatoes on ht a hint of victory in it "Like I said, I will be here for a few more days And if you decide to come, we can push it back a little so you can accomplish any tasks you’d need to do first I’m sure you ant to speak with your father, as well"

"Thank you, but I’" I took another sip of wine And then another Oh good God What would Dad say?

"I hope he will be able to come for the ceremony" Rose sipped from her wine "If you decide to take up theit wouldn’t be that easy

"If you co with me" Alex nodded towardwhy he would think I would want to go hunting, but found it a little difficult to get past the fact he had asked un a few times"

He chuckled and the sound sent a wave of goose bumps over my arms "No, I meant with birds I own several hawks that are excellent hunters"

"Oh" That made muchthe flavors Despite the crappy service, the Parallel’s food had lived up to the hype "I’ve been a few times, but don’t have a bird of my own"

"I’d be happy to lend you one of ood to have help exercising the nice There was no way he didn’t have a gamekeeper to help him take care of the birds while he ay

"What do you have?" I pulled apart some of the bread I had asked the waitress to butter

"Three Harris hawks"

"Alex and his father are very large bird advocates in our country" Rose tilted her glass toward her nephew "He presented his first bill to the Lilarian council when he elve He called for stricter punishered birds"

I looked over at Alex and feltproposal Good for you"

"Didn’t do it for lass and smiled