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“Course, once you find her you actually have to keep her,” Regent drawled “Shall I have Gerald prepare the safe room?”

Both Jardin and Carrick glared at him

“We’re not locking her up,” Carrick protested

“No? H her roam around on her own hasn’t worked out so well”

“This isn’t the eighteenth century, Regent We can’t just kidnap her and lock her up until she’s pregnant with our child,” Jardin said with frustration

Regent sighed, looking disappointed in them both

“There was just a ,” Carrick said

“What?” Victorin a chair in the corner, sipping his scotch “She didn’t realize she was yours?”

Jardin and Carrick shared a glance

“We were easing her into it,” Carrick explained

Regent shook his head “Easing her into it,” he repeated “Ridiculous”

Jardine should have done isn’t helping to find her any quicker

“She’d have to enroll her brothers in school, right? Maybe I can use that to find her,” Maxim mused

“Why did she run in the first place?” Victor asked “I assu team her”

“Victor!” Jardin barked as Carrick scowled