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“If it’s any cohts when Lucivar flops on the bed and is so deeply asleep by the time Marian comes in that she can’t shift him, so she throws a blanket over him and sleeps somewhere else A few hours later, he wakes up, realizes she isn’t there, and goes and fetches her to tuck theht”

“But he didn’t think so with him,” Daemon muttered

Saetan raised an eyebrow “Then why do you think I know about it?”

Daeain “Oh”

He huffed out a sigh “Is that it? Anything else? I noticed you’re a bit stiff this ” When Daemon mumbled a response, he put some paternal steel in his voice “What?”

“I fell out of a tree”

“I see” He didn’t—and he wasn’t going to ask about it But even knowing the response he was about to provoke, he decided to trespass “How are you otherwise?”

A heartbeat was all it took for Dae a Warlord Prince whose cold teant as it was deadly

“I’ chill in his voice

“And I’h Lord of Hell I’ll have an honest answer this time, Prince”

They stared at each other, assessing,Then Daeain

“I don’t like knowing there are places where I’ I can be vulnerable”

“Notheirhas a price, Daes you can’t do see your life back” Saetan studied his son “There’s so else What is it?”

“I’ll be going into rut sometime in the next feeeks,” Daemon said

“And that worries you?”

“Yes”

“Does it worry Jaenelle?”

“No” Daemon shifted his shoulders “Could you talk to her? Make sure she’s willing after”

after the attack

Daeet back Jaenelle was sure she and Holt could deal with the boy for a few hours, but I don’t want to be away too long”

“I’ll talk to her,” Saetan said “Soon”

Daeain”

They both sighed

“If that happens, we’ll all deal with it,” he said And hope for a girl