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Lachlain had not only angered Bowe but offended him He exhaled "No, of course no' Just just let o I want to knohy that Valkyrie soothsayer told h the Hie Can you call Eer went off and he started, still uncootten this contraption for hione that entire day without seeing her, and the only thing he'd been interested in was ripping off her red negligee with his teeth He hadn't yet told her that red was an attractant to Lykae er to Bowe "Tell me what it says And if you canna work it with one hand, then you sure as hell canna drive a stick shift down in Guatelowered, then fiddled with it "It says, 'Died for the drapes, yanking the the second , Eht of the bedroom and smiled softly at him, her expression proud "See? The syste Bowe a sylance, she said, "I had to come when I heard all the commotion at Val Hall"

"Commotion?"

"I had better let rew troubled "She's on her way here Said Boas going to want to speak with her now?"

Bowe scowled "Eerie, bloody foresight I'ick - and of the whole bloody Lore!"

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When Nïx blithely entered the room minutes later, Bowe said, "You told et noring his question, she unabashedly crawled onto the foot of Bowe's bed Her T-shirt read: It'll only hurt for a second Promise Weird bloody Valkyries - and she was one of the weirdest As the firstborn of her kind, she was likely over three thousand years old, though she looked not old enough to buy liquor in the States

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She lay on her side, bending her elbow to casually prop her head in her hand With a sigh she said, "Bowen, I took you on as le you Due to your rowr factor" Her distracted gaze flickered over his face and the bandaged end of his ar to keep yourself up, well - "

"Answer me"

"Sooooorry, I didn't see that you'd be enthralled to love another, or, more correctly, ensorcelled - "

"I knew it!" Bowe cast a look at Lachlain

"You're aware of it, then?" Nïx asked

Bowe annunciated, "Brutally"

"Mariketa will remove it from you, you know, in time," Nïx continued "As well as that pesky o for her and return her to her coven"