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Lord Akeldah to eest of Alexias, welcome to the family"

"You do realize I may have to take up residence in your other closet?"

"Sacrifices, sacrifices"

"What? Absolutely not" Lord Maccon stood and glared down at his wife

Lady Maccon got that look on her face "I’hts a week for the Shadow Council I’ll coh to Monday, spend the rest of the week at Woolsey"

The earl could do hts?! Unacceptable"

Alexia wouldn’t budge "You’re in town on BUR business s yourself You can see rowl, "I refuse to petition for visiting rights with h cheese I a me to choose"

"Perhaps, if I lowered at hi with each other almost as much as they enjoyed any other intimate activity

Professor Lyall called upon the sublime confidence of the truly urbane "The house adjacent is to let If Woolsey were to take it on as a town residence, my lord????? You and Lady Maccon could maintain a room here at Lord Akeldama’s but pretend to live next door This would keep up the appearance of separation for when the child arrives You, Lord Maccon, could spend meals and so forth with members of the pack while they are in town Of course, parts of the month everyone would have to return to Woolsey for security purposes, and there’s hunting and runs to consider But it ht work, as a temporary compromise For a decade or two"

"Will the vampires object?" Alexia rather liked the idea Woolsey Castle was a little too far outside of London for her taste, and those buttresses--positively excessive

"I don’t believe so Not if it is made absolutely clear that Lord Akeldama has complete parental control, proper docue to keep up pretenses"

Lord Akelda, so deliciously unprecedented--a wolf pack living directly next to a vae was also unprecedented"

"True, true" Lord Akelda the cat uncere about the roohly polished oxblood boots and white velvet jodhpurs with a red riding jacket It was all purely decorative Vampires rarely rode--most horses would have none of it--and Lord Akeldama disdained the sport as disastrous to one’s hair "Dolly, I adore this plan! Alexia, sugar drop, youblue with silver detailing, don’t you think? We could plant lilac bushes I do so love lilac bushes"

Professor Lyall was not to be sidetracked "Do you believe it ork?"

"Robin’s-egg blue and silver? Of course It will look divine"

Alexia hid a smile

"No" Professor Lyall possessed infinite patience, whether dealing with Lord Maccon’s temper, Lord Akelda a Beta, Alexia figured,the world’syour vampire residence adjacent to a olf pack work?"

Lord Akeldama raised his monocle Like Lyall’s spectacles, it was entirely artificial But he did love the accessory so He had several, set with different gemstones and in different arded the tolves in his drawing roolass "You are rather e I suppose it could be tolerated, so long as I do not have to dine with you And, Lord Maccon,of a cravat? For my sanity’s sake?"

Lord Maccon was nonplussed

Professor Lyall, on the other hand, was pained "I do what I can"

Lord Akeldama looked at him, pity in his eyes "You are a brave man"

Lady Maccon interjected at this juncture "And you wouldn’t mind Conall and myself occasionally in residence?"

"If you see to the cravat situation, I suppose I could surrender yet another closet to the cause"

Alexia sed down a broad grin and tried to be as serious as humanly possible "You are a noble racious acceptance of the accolade "Whoever thought I would have a olf living in ested Lady Maccon, allowing her grin to eleam entered the vampire’s eyes, and he brushed his blond hair flirtatiously off his neck "I suppose your pack ood deal of time underdressed?"

The earl rolled his eyes, but Professor Lyall was not above a little bribery "Or not dressed at all"

Lord Akelda to love this new arrange upon the activities of our neighbors"

"Oh, dear," muttered Lord Maccon under his breath

Biffy re about hi the taboo subject out into the open "Biffy is going to be pleased"

Silence htness of tone "How is the newest me as well as anyone would like He still fought the change eachof his own volition He obeyed Lord Maccon implicitly, but there was no joy in it The result was that he was having trouble learning any hts than not because of this weakness

However, not being inclined to confide in a vah"