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And no one was ballsy enough to re him

The third warning was Dae the Keep’s Seneschal to accouests

Saetan wanted to believe theheld at the Keep to acco Marian on her own for too long But when the others began to arrive, he knehy Jaenelle had chosen the Keep: It was the Sanctuary—and lair—of Witch

Jaenelle and Daemon arrived first She wore a cobwebby, spidersilk dress known as Widoeeds, and her Jeas le thread of Black Daehts or feelings He wasn’t there as Jaenelle’s husband or Consort or as the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan He was in that room as the Queen’s weapon

Lucivar walked in “Cat, what’s this—” He looked at Daemon’s face and didn’t finish the question

Sabrina cahann, and Khardeen

Four of Jaenelle’s childhood friends,Saetan thought as he watched Sabrina greet the othersFour people who had served in Witch’s First Circle Will they still be friends when this discussion is over?

Jaenelle sat on a half sofa across froht ar calm and lazy

Saetan watched the way Lucivar prowled the roo his back to Daemon and felt a shiver of fear

The women sat Aaron and Khardeen remained on their feet, tense and alert

Then Karla walked into the room

“Kiss kiss Sorry I’m late” Sheto undo anincidentthat turned a large white cat into a bright pink and blue cat”

A flash of warh the room “Did you fix it?”

“When I left, KaeAskavi was an evenly tinted mauve cat—and he wasnot happy”

That produced a few chuckles, but the humor quickly faded as all their attention focused on Jaenelle

“I received a letter from Cassidy yesterday,” she said “I felt you should all knohat happened and that we should coreement about ill—and will not—be done”

She called in the letter and handed it to Daemon Lucivar immediately came around to the back of the sofa to read over his brother’s shoulder

Daemon read the letter and handed it to Khardeen That beautiful face revealed nothing, and there was nothing Saetan could detect on a psychic thread, even at the level of the Black Daehtly leashed

But the roorew cold

Lucivar, on the other hand, began swearing softly, viciously in Eyrien as he resu

Hot anger Cold fury The room filled with temper as, one by one, the friends who had been First Circle in the Dark Court at Ebon Askavi read Cassidy’s letter Finally Karla read it and passed it to hilasses

How many times did Cassidy write that letter before she achieved sentences that were so carefully honest? She didn’t accuse anyone of anything She didn’t offer opinions or feelings She didn’t report anything that hadn’t been witnessed She didn’tsay Kerle person in the room who couldn’t read between the lines The only break from that control was Cassidy’s excessive assurances that Khollie was still a little frightened because of the incident but they were confident that he would recover completely