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Her surprise faded, and she hugged hiht for even a ht down"

He disappeared, leaving Jo in this strange house--one ht

SIXTY-SEVEN

When Darach’s tracking got Rune close enough to pick up Josephine’s trail himself, he raced ahead of the other Møriør, following her o when he’d run headlong to that glen

He found her in an ifrom inside Conscious! She didn’t sound afraid or too badly injured

Her brother ithin as well Rune caught threads of Thad’s scent, both new and old, and suspected the boy had taken her back to his ho no enemies nearby, Rune faced his allies "I have it from here"

"You don’t want us to storm this structure?" Sian asked

Allixta reached up and scratched Darach under the chin "Careful, or the wolf ht blow it down"

Rune shook his head "She’s safe here with Thaddeus I’ive her a couple of hours to cool off, then approach her"

"A couple of hours?" Allixta dropped her hand "You told us she’s waited half her life to reunite with her brother Shouldn’t they bond before you barge in, with all your nye?"

"She needs to know I didn’t take that fe to know that Selfish male! Let her have some bloody time for herself" To everyone, she said, "Soo to Josephine’s side? At the thought, his desperate need to reach her redoubled

Allixta said, "You ht not have bedded the nymph, but you were in bed with her You still reek of another female"

Rune turned to Darach, who nodded

Da that could be cleared up by his saying, "I didn’t go through with it" He had been in bed with Meliai--the night after he’d clailed to recall what had happened with the nymph

"We could see your mate’s pain," Allixta said "Naturally she’d just escaped your attentions"

"Watch yourself, witch"

"Were you ever unselfish with her? Do anything kind for her?"

He’d taken Josephine to a fey ball In order to get laid He’d romanced her To secure her for the Møriør He’d healed her fros would be different Change? Now he only wanted the chance to

"You forget," she added, "we’ve witnessed how you treat your ‘tarts’ "

"It’s not like that with Josephine," he snapped

"Oh, really? Because fate says so?"