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"I did not wish to interrupt while you are training your new e of the door before she could slam it in his face--"but there is a probleave hiround if I do not attend to it for another hour or two?"
"Three hours" Aedan called out "If you wish her coherent,"It is Locksley,Suzerain Jaus"
Robin often made jests, but not about other Kyn She wished Byrne would let her keep a telephone in their cha the huy he hated out of their bedroom "Have the call forwarded to the office We will be there in a minute"
Rain nodded and then looked down "Jayr" His brow furrowed "When did you grow breasts?"
Jayr closed the door in his face before she walked over to the armoire to retrieve soainst it
His garnet red hair fra smile "It is my duty as your seneschal to dress you"
"You can never seeed hi and taking one of her new dresses Tall and lean, Jayr had e from human to Kyn in the fourteenth century, before her body had finished irl to woman Now, thanks to Alexandra Keller and the treatments she had administered, Jayr had small but mature breasts, curved hips, and a more feminine appearance "Rob would not call if it were not important"
"Aye, he would" Byrne bent down to press a hard kiss on her mouth "Rob wanted you and the Realm for himself He is a poor loser"
"He is our closest Kyn ally," she reminded him, "and your best friend" She pulled the frock over her head, tugged it down, and straightened the skirt She gave her s lover a pointed look "Do you need my assistance to dress?"
"No, but e coar that door"
A fewByrne walked fro to the business offices Knight’s Realm, which the humans of central Florida knew as a medieval-themed tourist attraction, was run and inhabited by Darkyn es
Jayr was proud of hoell the es in rule Byrne, who had been suzerain of the Realhold, had stepped down Michael Cyprien, the Kyn seigneur, had named Jayr, Byrne’s seneschal, to serve as the very first female to rule over a jardin
Some of the more conservative jardin outside the Realm still didn’t approve of the notorious switch, nor of the appointment of a female to such a position of power That Jayr and Byrne had also become lovers had been viewed as utterly scandalous by the traditionalists a their kind
But Jayr had proven her honor and her worth at the past winter tournament to the satisfaction of everyone who had attended, and they were loud with their praise of her As for those who still gruainst the suzeraina, not after what Byrne had done to thethe annual gathering
Harlech, Jayr’s second, aiting for theret that we had to disturb you, my lady" Harlech, her most loyal supporter, emphasized her title with a certain amount of relish "But Lord Locksley waswith you"
Jayr nodded, then went in and put the call on the telephone speaker "Good evening, Lord Locksley How ize for the lateness of riht when his plane was hijacked by a Brethren operative"
"Have you contacted Chicago, lad?" Byrne asked
"They informed me after Jaus contacted them by mobile phone," Locksley said "It seeular pilot, took his place, and killed the copilot When Jaus confronted him, he killed hiive him instructions on how to land the plane"
"Dear God" Jayr couldn’t ihtmarish scenario "Where is the plane now? Has he atte yet?"
"We don’t know Hold for a o" The line went silent for several ht-control radar, it was in the vicinity of the Georgia-Florida border It disappeared shortly thereafter, along with the signal fro to talk to the instructor pilot" There was the sound of paper cru "They do not know if he was able to land the aircraft"
"What can we do now Rob?"
"Assemble your trackers and send out search teams," Locksley said "Monitor local news reports Humans may find the plane before we do, so be prepared to move quickly to retrieve the suzerain I will send twenty of my best trackers down to you to aid in the search"