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“I’ll drop you off at the house My mother ant to speak with me once she knows I’ve arrived—which will be shortly”

“Will you tell her about us?”

His breath escaped as vapor because it was a cold , colder than it had been e left “No”

“Why?”

“Because she’ll probably kill you to stop it”

“I’m so excited for her to be my mother-in-law…”

He ignored my jab

We h the city and to the two-story hoate I’d only spent a short aed at my heart because it already felt like houess anywhere with Huntley felt that way…

We made it inside and up the stairs, and I dropped all the weapons he’d given me, the weapons I didn’t have to use I instantly felt twenty pounds lighter, and ht

“I don’t know if I want to sleep or bathe first They both sound a”

Huntley dropped his heavy jacket and the rest of his gear, getting down to his naked skin

“Or we can do that too…”

He cracked a slight sarb, the royal clothing that indicated his status to the queen

“You’re leaving?”

“She’ll want to speak with me immediately”

I was already half naked, so I dropped the rest of o afterward?”

He faced one and the intensity back The last button was secured, but he continued his deep stare, seriously tempted “We have the rest of the day when I return”

“Well…it’s been three days”

Now he grinned, a full smile that was handsome and flirtatious “It’s been three days for me too, baby”

TWENTY-FOUR

Huntley

I entered the castle grounds, watched the guards part to rand staircase to the next floor, where I would wait for my mother to joinat the table with a pile of scrolls in front of him

He looked up slightly at my entry “Hoere your travels, Huntley?”

“Shitty, like always”

“Hope soood came from it”