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"We were separated when he was just a little kid"

"How old is he?" As a younger brother, Thad couldn’t be over twenty-four--because she’d lived for only a quarter of a century The back of Rune’s neck flushed

"Thad’s seventeen"

Big fucker for his age But the boy wouldn’t be frozen into i vulnerability: she cared for a being who could easily be killed "Hoere you separated?" When i, they tended to keep a family united Unlike my own sire "Did your parents die?"

She crossed her ar taut the material of his T-shirt across her pierced nipples "Rune, I like you And I loved e did in bed"

He snapped his gaze froht had been different!

"But ould I reveal more to you? Give

"Because you can trust me"

She exhaled with clear disappointment "Which is exactly what an untrustworthy person would say"

Rune let it go "I’ll get your secrets soon enough" He planned to introduce her to blood mead at the earliest opportunity Before she could ask more, he said, "N&iuht choose to remain with her"

"Oh, that will never happen"

"Why are you so confident?"

Her eyes flickered, her irises black as night "Because I’ to kill her"

THIRTY-TWO

I admire your optiain "She amused herself with you"

"Our next matchup will be different," Jo assured hi vaht with a pri And what’s a primordial?"

"Don’t know that either, Forbearer? It’s the firstborn of a particular species, or at least the oldest one living"

"Are you the primordial dark fey?"