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“Sorry for o and I know they were about the sae”

“It’s all right,” he said gently “And I’hly of your father”

“Thank you”

Betty turned and gazed out of the , her eyelids beco her finally caught up with her

Axel could hear her deep, even breathing and he glanced over at her Her head was pressed against theand she was fast asleep She was quite beautiful He hadn’t been expecting that He didn’t knohat he had been expecting, to be honest, but he hadn’t been expecting her

Blonde hair, brown eyes and a pixie-like face She was tall, or at least taller than the woh it was hard to tell because of the heels She seemed to have a bit of fire in her, but one that she was suppressing and he couldn’t help but wonder why

Axel was attracted to her but, with his past and the fact that Betty would only be in Iceland for a short ti on that attraction

He relaxed, but only fractionally

When he had been ordered by his father to take on the role of assisting the new Aeon in her three-ed

“I don’t want to babysit soeon”

“You need to do this, Axel,” his father had said sharply “I don’t have time to deal with her”

Axel had been able to feel the pain in his father’s eyes even without looking directly at theo He still couldn’t look his father in the eye Not really

“I’eon who outranks me”

“And whose fault is that?”

“I do my work I save lives!”