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She believed his reaction was for her and cast hi smile

Unacceptable Asex He pulled out abruptly, asp, then set her down While he dressed, she stumbled over to join her friends They would likely carry on without hile of wanton nyhtly occurrence for hiation He could tell she’d been in the courtyard--a voyeur?--but she’d put distance between theood as she s back, he told the nyoes to ground And keep an eye out for a lock of hair"

Betweenpast the wraiths?"

Those ghastly beings defended Val Hall, the Valkyries’ lair, with a guard that was impenetrable, even for a Møriør like hi--that there was a key of sorts; if one tendered Valkyrie hair to the wraiths, those creatures would allow entry

The nymphs would be on the lookout for a lock In the meantime, they would conceal the Rune when Nïx returned

Until then, he would search the streets for the soothsayer After he tracked this scent

Another nyht?"

She’ll never feel a thing He turned to srin, he well kneas as crooked as his morals, and held a hint of snide; fees

"Hurt Nïx?" he scoffed "I merely want to make a conquest What male doesn’t want to lay a Valkyrie?"

He already had, of course Huge disappoint afterward, and the pointed ears--such a feylike feature--had been a turnoff He despised the fey, hating that his own ears were pointed as well The nyood ti the nyht said, "N&iuht be out in the Quarter even now At least until sunrise Good luck!"

He left therin as he stor this city for his target So as he hurrying after the voyeur?

Out on the street, drunken pedestrians arded hih half fey/half dee--human His hair concealed his ears, and he’d etched runes into the bow and quiver he wore to ca the huh-around-the-edges fey--as long as he didn’t bare the fangs he’d inherited froh his sense of smell wasn’t nearly as keen as Darach’s, Rune was able to lock on the voyeur soaze zoomed in on a short black hs were shapely but taut Made to close around a male’s waist Or his pointed ears