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Two: He’d decided he would have to secure her to his bed--to make sure she couldn’t bite hiating her, but better safe than sorry

Contrary to what she thought, Rune didn’t entertain bedmates here It was his sanctuary His bed hadn’t been equipped with restraints, so he’d had to repurpose those cuffs Task completed, he’d opted for a quick shave and shower in another bathroom

He scarcely believed he had a female in his home If another Møriør discovered her, any one of them would annihilate her She was the ally of an enemy--which meant Josephine was an enemy of the Møriør as well Plus, she was a security liability

Killing her was the ical option Especially once he’d extracted any information about Nïx

Yet the demon in him rebelled Even his rational fey side demanded he first explore why Josephine could drink hi about her was different When she’d pointed out his solitary chair, he’d barely stopped hi that he had allies he’d die for That they lived communally, and he came here only for respite

Damn it, information flowed to him

He’d had no impulse to tell the lovely shopkeeper Loa his secrets Never in all his lifetie to with Josephine?

He had little appetite, had never been so eager to interrogate a subject Get focused, Rune He dug in his pocket for his talis those indecipherable syain

He’d received the talish had made her decree about Rune’s future He’d pointed out the flaw in her plan to make him an assassin

"I can’t trace" If he could, he would have long escaped

"You possess deuards"

Excellent He would learn to teleport, then use that ability to get free He hadn’t thought Magh the "Canny" would be so stupid--

"I ht reunite you with your dam, should you serve me well"

As if struck, he swayed on his feet "She stilllives?" For years, he’d believed her dead, the ht He pictured his dam’s lively blue eyes She’d always had a ready s so hard to mask her misery from him "You or your henchmen killed her"

"As much as I would have enjoyed that, she lives"