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You want some food too?

Yes

Come on, then We’ll see e can find

He helped Khollie untangle himself from the shirt, then eased out of bed

Shira immediately woke up “Ranon?”

“It’s all right,” he said quietly “Khollie and I are going to get so to eat”

She rolled over to look at Khollie, who gave her a quick lick on the chin before ju off the bed

“Oh,” she said “All right”

As Ranon let them out of the room, he heard her muffled sob

He closed the door as quietly as he could, but he’d barely taken a step before Cassie’s door opened and Gray stood there

He knew about Yaslana’s rules concerning Gray and Cassie’s physical relationship Hell’s fire,everyone knew about Lucivar’s rules But he wasn’t going to ask where Gray was sleeping tonight

Gray looked down and smiled “Hey, Khollie”

Khollie wagged his tail and whined softly

“We’re going downstairs,” Ranon said

Gray nodded and closed the door

When they reached the back door, Khollie stood in the doorway, tre

Khollie? Vae joined theether Ranon will guard us

“Yes, I will” He put an Opal shield around the backyard Nothing would get in—or out—without hi about it

He stood in the dooratching, and didn’t turn when Gray came up behind him

“I told Cassie that Khollie woke up,” Gray said “She wants to cry by herself for a little while”

“Shira is crying too” Maybe it wasn’t fair to ask, but there was no one else he could ask “Will Khollie be all right, Gray?”

Those green eyes held too ht”

CHAPTER 25

EBON ASKAVI

Saetan sat on the wide arather in one of the Keep’s sitting rooms

The first warning of trouble had been the two Warlords who arrived at the Keep a couple days ago They wanted passage through the Gate in order to return to Dharo—and they brought the body of another man

The second warning had co his presence at a e from son to father but from Consort to Steward

When Jaenelle was pissed off about soer had an official court