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“That was more than chicken broth,” she said “That was a flavor explosion”

He grinned “I have a very competent staff”

“Clearly”

“Now,” he said as he refreshed her water glass and gave it over She still favored her good hand “You want to knohat type of demon I am”

“If you don’t ht”

“Not at all I want you to know the truth” He splashed a bit of brandy into his own tumbler “Actually, I’m not any particular species of deht It’s hereditary in ift bestowed upon a distant ancestor for saving a high-ranking demon from an unjust death sentence”

Her eyes narrowed on hirow horns?”

With a shake of his head, he said, “Nothing like that at all What you see nohat I always am It took two hundred years for me to look like a thirty-year-oldprocess has all but co halt”

She studied hiray hairs?”

“Where?” he quipped

Her laugh wared to keep them at bay”

“Surprising” He stood and paced alongside the bed

In a quiet voice, Jade said, “I i an entire continent”

“No” He turned to face her “Especially when it was so I never wanted Those are my trials and tribulations”

Her brow furrowed “When ere at the library, I h you haven’t a care in the world because you’re a demon Obviously, that’s not the case I’m sorry I was so cavalier about your…kind”