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At least Bowe had enjoyed it until he'd lost his Mariah in the dead of winter

"What's so important that you canna rest el packs of food and strange-s mineral replacement drinks beside his bed Boas supposed to partake of the interval without food and water, but had scarcely touched the, just see his feet wide on the wooden floor

"If so, I ask you to reconsider that action And no' only because of the debt I owe his brother" If not for Nikolai Wroth, Eht, suddenly Lachlain needed to see her, to feel her, even when he knew she waited for him just twenty minutes aith her fierce Valkyrie family He'd left her safe at Val Hall behind thick curtains, protected froames "Bowe, you have to remember that it was a contest And the reports we received all said 'the Lykae co ruthless - and that he played dirtier than Kaderin had in three previous Hies"

Bowe shrugged

"We heard youobject so you could barricade her behind a rock slide Did you no' trap her alone with three hungry basilisks?"

A flicker of so arose in Bowe's eyes - or eye - that Lachlain suspected was satisfaction "And we also heard that when you were on a task in the Congo, you whaled a shovel across Sebastian Wroth's face Knocked hih noon in Africa"

His cousin had obviously taken a savage thrill in that act - and still did

"This is no' about Wroth," Bowe said "No' yet"

"Then are your thoughts occupied with the witch?"

At last, Bowe turned to him with interest "What have you heard?"

"I know about the curse And that you can actually die from these wounds"

Bowe didn't appear to be concerned about that in the least "That witch and I haveto retrieve her froh I doona understand how none could locate that place In that round of the Hie, the coordinates were given to all the cooddess Riora erased them with each round," Lachlain explained "No one took note of that location if they dinna plan to journey there You trapped anyone who did"

Bowe scowled at that "I was sure they'd eventually escape"

"And what is the witch to you?" Emma actually knew this Mariketa fairly well because the witch often visited the more rowdy Valkyrie at Val Hall That didn't surprise Lachlain - nearly every tihing and staggering about the place