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“Accidents happen,” she said, not needing to say Jinx’s nae

“I’ll assign you bodyguards, if that makes you feel safer”

“Oh, that’ll be so much fun,” she deadpanned “Will they follow me to the bathroom?”

He scowled Everyone who lived in his vast mansion enjoyed the spaciousness and the opulence It wouldn’t exactly be a hardship for her to reside there

“Well, I can’t live here,” he insisted “Away from the castle and on the human side of the border”

“You’re ument entirely,” she said with vexation in her tone “This isn’t just about living arrangeet married”

“We can do whatever the hell ant,” he asserted “I’m the one who makes the laws around here”

“Ugh!” She pressed her hands to her face and shook her head Then she dropped thehty on me I know you have the authority to do as you please, but this isn’t the least bit sane or rational”

“I’ll ad we couldn’t be together, we’ve ended up together anyway, haven’t we?”

“On rare occasions Not all the time”

“I want all the time”

She let out a torh her heart wrenched “I want that too But it’s not at all plausible You know this”

He was quiet, debating his options Eventually, he said, “There’s sonificance to this situation and ”

He got out of bed again and reached for his boxer briefs Revealing she was a cross-breed would likely disturb her greatly Only initially, though Or so he hoped But perhaps it was time she knew the truth about herself And her father

Striding over to where she stood, tension and uncertainty stamped across her face, he took her hands in his “I discovered soo After you left the castle I—”