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Cassidy looked around Then she shook her head “SaDiablo Hall has acres of gardens and interior courtyards, and they all had this woodyTarl, the head gardener, where I could find soarden, and he asked if I had a brother But he never explained further You don’t think?”
Gray snorted “I filled half a barrel before the High Lord decided I had worked out enough of the teet a lot of help for free”
She laughed, and the sound of it eased so inside him
“Do you want to yell at me?” he asked He saarmth and humor in those wonderful hazel eyes
“I’ about it,” she replied
A ritual question and answer, soed to them
He held out his hand She slipped her hand into his without hesitation
“We’re heading back to Grayhaven tomorrow?” he asked
Cassie nodded “It’s time Poill send some of the Protocol books so Reyhana, Janos, and a few others can start learning the basics”
“Janos? I thought he’d be more interested in weapons than books”
“He is” Cassie’s smile widened “But he has an older brother who has decided that he will learn Protocol—or else”
“Ranon’s going to be at Grayhaven,” Gray pointed out “Easy enough to forget about the books when the older brother isn’t breathing down your neck”
“Harder to forget the books when he’ll be tested the next time I come to visit and his ability will determine whether or not he’ll be Reyhana’s escort, since she’ll also come back to visit”
“Ah Bribery” He looked at the boardinghouse It needed attention, but he felt good in this house, in this village As if he belonged “So we’ll be co back to visit?”
Cassie nodded “Hopefully I’ll have a chance to meet some of the other Queens who survived the witch stor pieces of Dena Nehele If they don’t know about siphoning power into the land, it’s so I can teach themCarefully ”
A psychic tap on the shoulder had hiuess it’s time for dinner”
“I guess it is”
They walked into the dining room hand in hand Gray noticed how every man in the First Circle deliberately moved to catch his eye and offer him a nod or a smile
Every man except Theran
KAELEER
The study door opened without a knock or any other kind of request to enter
Mildly annoyed at the intrusion, Daeave way to warlided to the spot where Surreal waited for him
“Welco her cheek
“It’s good to be back,” she replied, hooking her long black hair behind one delicately pointed ear “Although I may have caused a small domestic crisis”
“Oh?” Dae into the study to report on the crisis, it couldn’t be that bad
“The Dea al Mon have veryfluidideas about what kind of greenery belongs inside their homes When Beale escorted ot so excited about not having a tree growing in the ed him”