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Him

Inky hissed and hopped off the bed Sa her arms ilist’s blow to the sternum He wanted to wake her, turn her to hiht eariness overcaave in to the need to love her, holding the words so deeply inside hirind and gouge

Instead he left the room and went down the corridor to see if his fool of a brother was still alive

‘Hoas your visit to the ancestral pile?’ Rafe asked, putting down the book he’d been reading as Edge entered the roorimace he realised it was Treasures of Siwa

‘Depressing as always Mother will be arriving to’

Rafe groaned

‘You are punishing me, aren’t you? Why the devil couldn’t she wait until I came to Greybourne?’

‘I told her To which she responded, not without cause, that she was not at all convinced you would co her ame’

Rafe sighed and s

‘Saave this to me’

Edge straightened his back

‘She came to see you?’

‘No, she came to see you and you lambasted her and stalked out, re’

‘Why don’t you give the knife another twist, darated in his own ears