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“Waking et intoher arhtclothes Sloan earing Along with the more formalwear Yaris had helped Sloan choose, it seearments made for her

This one was silky with triangles of fabric that covered her ample breasts Her nipples pebbled as the warm blanket slid down her body It ski his hands up her thigh to cup her bare pussy, Xan saw her eyes flare and watched her licked her lips He brought her lips to his but was interrupted by a knock at the door Xan let out an exasperated breath Thwarted again! There was another round of knocking followed by a voice

“Majesty, ent e from your brother He has requested to speak with you immediately” The voice of Xan’s personal assistant, Kerl, filtered through the door Kerl had been an invaluable asset in getting Xan accusto more than to banish him from the palace The fact that his brother required hiet out of the bed

“OnKerl would continue knocking until he felt the need to have a guard check on Xan’s well-being They had figured out that a particularly passionate earlyromp made them deaf to the world

“I promise ill finish this later,” Xan said and kissed Sloan to the point that they were both gasping “It see with interruptions”

“Whether it was the couards here, it see into your pants,” she said sleepily

“I’m sorry I woke you Go back to sleep” Xan retrieved his clothes and began to get dressed for the day

“Like I could sleep after that kiss” She sat up and dragged her knees to her chest She supported her head on her knees and watched hiet dressed “Busy day?”

“When isn’t it a busy day around here? I swear if I didn’t have to sleep, they would run h everyone is up beforeon his shoes, Xan saw Sloan’s face drop slightly “What do you have planned today?”

“I was going to try to call Dev today They should be within coe soon There’s a lot to tell theure out our next job I know you threw out that whole big payday thing, but I can’t cover that from the credits I have in reserve I need to work that out”

Xan got up fro Sloan He ran his hands down her back, then trailed a finger up and over her shoulder

“I wasn’t kidding about that, Sloan I will give you the credits you need to give everyone a well-deserved break” Sloan sat up straight

“I don’t want your credits, Xan I know I don’t have much, but I’ive the crew a break soon,” she said on a growl, shrugging off his hand and getting out of bed

“Sloan, you know I don’t est you can’t care for your crew I kno much they mean to you—”

“You think I can’t get the credits I need to give the over to the closet