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And there he was He was bigger--all over Surely he wasn’t that big seven years ago No

She pulled her gaze away "I thought you were in control of your lust," she said accusingly The very sight of him had her on her toes, ready to bolt to the other rooaze was still tranquil, impassive "I aroin

"Oh this?" He gave himself a careless pat "Don’t you remember this?"

"I do And it should beit should be down"

"Down?" He cocked an eyebrow "Do you re down?"

Theo scowled at him "Perhaps not But I’m sure that it’s supposed to be down"

"Nothimself another pat "I’m up all the ti back toward the bathing chamber

She stared after him, utterly nonplussed His buttocks were the same honey brown as his arms Hoas that possible? She remembered distinctly that his bottom had been pearly white Noas more defined, and a different color As if he’d been in the sun without clothing Curiosity drove her after hi hot water into the bathtub for the third tier "How did you say that you like the water?"

"Not too ware Any one of those wounds could have killed hiht an infection

"Were your wounds ever infected?" she asked

"A couple," he said, not turning around A chill crept down her back She knew infection She lost one of her scullery er One of the cera himself

"You could have died," she stated And then, because she needed to get his attention and make him understand, she walked over to stand beside him She was a tall woman, but next to James, she felt small Almost delicate, which was a joke because no one could ever call her delicate

He straightened up and s htly, as if it were a real flower stirred by a light breeze "I suppose I could have, but I didn’t I seem to have the constitution of an ox How’s the water?"

She leaned over and put in a finger It was perfect

"May I take your sheet, Your Grace?"

She looked again, suspiciously, at his tool It was straight upright, the way it alas, if he was to be believed And when she looked back into his face, he gazed back at her limpidly, with an expression that seeht," she muttered

Everyone knew that e of desire if he h perhaps if the woman’s breasts were very smallif the wohed and dropped her sheet She refused to be humiliated by her own appearance anymore She had learned that if she pretended to be a swan, she could fool the

Without further ado, she removed her drawers, stepped into the bathtub, and sat herself down Before she asked, a huge male hand held out a bar of soap

It was the vervaine that she used in every bath, and she took it But just as she was about to start soaping, he took it away again