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Assu sickness And thatwould be his proble on whether Marian felt happy about being pregnant or bitchy about throwing up So he wasn’t going to wonder what Vae was doing in Scelt

But he was certain that whatever the Sceltie was up to was going to besomeone’s problem

CHAPTER 7

TERREILLE

Cassie? Cassie! Are you allowed to do that?

Cassidy closed her eyes and counted to ten to stop herself fro claw at the Sceltie All she wanted was an hour to work in the garden while she answered some of Reyhana’s questions “Yes, Vae I’m allowed to do this I’mfine ”

Gray? Is Cassie allowed to do that?

“Isn’t she supposed to listen to you?” Reyhana whispered

“She’s a Sceltie,” Cassidy grumped “She doesn’t listen to anyone”

“She listens to Prince Gray,” Reyhana pointed out

And that particular alliance of Warlord Prince and Sceltie had been an unrelenting pain in the ass ever since Lucivar, Karla, and the rest of the Blood froest difference between dog andat her unless she was sitting or sleeping, and Gray wouldn’t speak to her Hadn’t said one single word to her after Karla said she ell enough to leave her roo everything she did Judging everything she did

Gray? Should I nip?

“No,” Cassidy said, dropping the weeding claw and rising fro “You shouldnot nip Gray, tell her!”

There was a wild look in Gray’s green eyes, a look that hadn’t been there before she collapsed This wasn’t the boy who had been daed by torture and frozen emotionally andsince she’d er as pissed off with her but refused to discuss the reason for his anger

Well, fine

No,not fine

“Gray, I’d like a ith you,” Cassidy said, heading away froarden, standing guard over her When he didn’t move, she snarled, “Jared Blaed,attend !”

Thatgot his attention His eyes blazed hot as he strode to where she waited, and it took everything in her not to back down in the face of as heading toward her

Warlord PrinceMost of the tied to that caste ofhen she was around Theran or Talon or Ranon, but caste hadn’t been the dominant psychic scent when she ith Gray Until now

“Do you think usingwhat you want?” Gray snapped “I’m not a child, Cassidy”

She glanced at the otherattention to this little drama, so she kept her voice low “I ment It happens I’m sorry it upset you—”