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It wasn’t the table exploding that upset him It was the unifore And that rage, and whatever blend of power she had been channeling through Twilight’s Dawn at that h to crack his outermost Black shield

That was so he needed to talk to Lucivar aboutSoon

“You rapped in a double Black shield,” Jaenelle said “I didn’t think you would get hurt”

“That’s not the point” Now that he’d gotten over the shock of it, her slash of te to piss him off But he leashed that because there had to be a reason for this Jaenelle didn’t explode like that as soth of her reaction got hi

He rubbed his forehead to ease the headache building behind his eyes, then shifted and turned so he was close to her

“Queens lose h Cassidy is a friend and losing her court did leave her bruised, that doesn’t equal your rage If Cassidy doesn’t have enough spine to tell Kermilla to take a piss in the wind, then she’d better acquire so Surreal and Rainier tolda solid team committed to their Queen”

“All of them?” Jaenelle asked softly

“Except Theran Grayhaven” He brushed fingertips over her shoulder “Jaenelle, what aren’t you telling me?”

Those sapphire eyes studied hi you can do about this Neither of us have any right to interfere in this Is that understood?”

Oh, he didn’t like the sound of that “Maybe”

“I spun a tangled web after Cassidy discovered the treasure in the Grayhaven attics I wasn’t going to share what I saith anyone, but I owe you that as an explanation for how I reacted”

Sweet Darkness A tangled web Dreams and visions

“All right”

“Dena Nehele is going to fall”

He closed his eyes Why nohen they had survived everything Dorothea SaDiablo had done to them? “Because Kermilla went there?”

“More because Kermilla is still there”

“I can bury the bitch,” he said too softly, opening his eyes to stare into hers “I’ll go to Terreille, no matter the price, and bury the bitch if that’s what you want Or I’ll let Surreal go She’d be willing”

“No” Her fingers brushed through his hair, soothing “It’s up to them now Their decisions Their choices Sorrow and joy, Daemon There is sorrow and joy in what I saw”

How can there be joy?But he trusted her, and if she said there could be joy in Dena Nehele’s fall, he would believe her

“So there is nothing we can do for the it a statement rather than a question

“We can’t interfere with another Queen’s Territory That would violate Blood law and our code of honor But that doesn’twe can do In fact, I’ve already helped s”

“How is that different fro?”