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But then Cameron quickly showed that he could fill an emptiness within Alric their friendship never could He coave him a joy he’d never known Baldewin could only be happy for his friend

And now Baldewin understood that co, and scary all at once

“Congratulations I kneas only a matter of time,” Alric murmured

Ca to sit on the enified ‘I told you so’”

“But you’re not too dignified for it,” Alric teased

“Nope,” Ca the P with obvious pleasure “I could see it in the way he talked about Baldewin and looked at him That man was already in deep smit with our Baldewin by the time he arrived at Burkhard”

“Thank you,” Baldewin said with a bow of his head “I feel very lucky that he even listened to me in the first place”

Ca spell and ran in the opposite direction”

“Is it any wonder?” Rodrigo growled and resuht the Russian that Baldewin didn’t entirely catch, but the feelings were clear

“Hoheit, King Rodrigo, I am truly sorry for my loss of temper today I never should have acted so impulsively I have acted shamefully and poorly represented our clan,” Baldewin said, bowing

Rodrigo snorted “I would say you acted quite ad your mate and your clan”

Baldewin looked up as Alric sighed and threw a soaze to him “Yes, you should have held your te that we knehat kind of situation alking into However, I can’t entirely fault you for your reaction If our roles had been reversed and someone threatened my Cam in any way, I don’t think anyone could have stopped ht hand in the air a little “Besides, I don’t think you truly did any da to listen It was probably good to remind them, at least a little, that we are not to be pushed around or taken lightly”

“Do we have a plan, Hoheit? A next step?” Baldewin asked