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“She certainly kno to twist the knife, doesn’t she?” Morgan co hall

Darien said, “I do vacillate frequently betanting to kiss her and wanting to shake some sense into her” It was unfortunate that he found Jade’s cunning intriguing and that he respected her deters also infuriated the hell out of him

“Can we count on her to follow your direction and stay in the village?”

“She knows the extent of my patience and tolerance” He hadn’t missed the flicker of dread in her eyes while his temper had si nuptials She’d known she’d aggravated hi to worry about with her or Tanner Jade will obey my command this time”

“I still can’t believe you allowed her to take the slayer’s oath,” the general said as they rode through the woods

“Who says I allowed her to take it? She had Tanner swear her in while I was gone”

Morgan shot hiistry”

With a jerk of his head and a sardonic tone, Darien said, “As if that would stop her”

His general was silent as they passed over the narrow bridge in single-file for, but hoill you justifya demon slayer?”

Darien sighed “That does complicate matters” By a lot “She wasn’t a slayer when I proposed”

A snort froan was followed by, “As if that would stop you”

“No, I didn’t intend to rescind the proposal But I could have usedon the fact that she’s part demon to help smooth the waters with my alliance”

He was resigned to an inevitability he hadn’t previously considered “Her being a slayer certainly gives her ht than when she was merely human The demi-demon aspect ork in her favor as well And our union will prove we’re both serious aboutpeace”

That was a very reasonable stance to take, he decided One that would validate the choice he’d made when he’d selected his queen