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“What a shitty hint I need more than that!”

I rolledas I passed the lounger Nyfain’s s the blanket up around rab a book and lie there until he wandered in Thenup together and talking about books What a dream come true that would be!

After a deep breath, I folded the blanket and got up Maybe we’d be able to do it one day, after everything slowed down Dare to dream

I found a folded-up piece of parchment on the little table in the corner of the secret book rooht where I’d intended to put my book and letter My name ritten in Nyfain’s beautiful scrawl, and I snatched it up and opened it immediately

Dear Finley,

I’m sure by now you are well versed in my bad te trapped in a pit, with no fairme out, has made me unpardonably surly I wasn’t the nicest of enerally considered unbearable I applaud you for trying to keep up withwoman, and I value that quality more than I can say

I do so apologize for ht I handled the news about the tea badly Please seeabout nancy being unlikely, but I do not wish to take any chances You are already a target I shudder to think what it wouldwould kill him or her as quickly as he’d kill me I wouldn’t be able to protect you Either of you And if you think I a co my child

So please, keep up with the tea and forgive me my alarm By now you understand your situation And if it is too late, and you carry my child, please know that it would fill me with such incredible reverence I would be honored I would also need to figure out a way to hide you both I warn you, thatsure you both escape this kingdoe, where I hope they will harbor you But ill cross that bridge e come to it

Regardless of what comes, you will have a future I will make sure of it

Very apologetically yours,

Nyfain

I leaned against the edge of a bookcase and read it again, s in his letters If only the two sides of hi prince and the brooding, possessive alpha who raged overI would never be able to say no I’d just fall onto s, and say, “Have at me”

Though, in fairness, I wasn’t all that far from that now…

Taking a deep breath, I folded up his note and slid it into my pocket I replaced it with the letter I’d written and the notes with the book before roa titles