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"Oh, look, she&039;s slanced up frorandniece beautiful?"

"Yes" He sh&039;s arms, then slid his arm around her, drew her to his side for a kiss and whispered, "But not as beautiful as her aunt"

"Hush, she&039;ll hear you and you&039;ll give her a coh said with affection as she kissed him on the cheek

"Give her back to ent smile softened the words "You&039;re so wrapped up in each other, you&039;re going to drop her"

"Never," Leigh assured her, but handed the baby back, knowing Lissianna just wanted to hold her

Lissianna and Greg peered down at the child they&039;d created and s arrangeh said with a"

"Bastien?" Lissianna said with aeh "He insisted I was too busy, ith running back and forth between Kansas and Toronto trying to get everything in order"

"And her pregnancy," Lucian h&039;s still flat belly He liked to bring it up at every opportunity He was very pleased that she was pregnant and liked to rub it in the faces of his nephews at every turn He&039;d gotten her pregnant the first night Leigh suspected it had so to do with the fact that they all knew he hadn&039;t had a lover in years before her, and he saw the pregnancy as some sort of proof of his virility Men could be so cute in a pain-in-the-butt kind of way, she thought affectionately

"Yes, but Bastien?" Lissianna asked "He&039;s supposed to be arranging his oedding to Terri He -- "

"Yes He says it h said with a grin, then added, "And Tho breathed "It&039;s going to be a surfer dude/gangsta wedding"

Leigh burst out laughing at the suggestion "Don&039;t be silly It&039;ll be fine Bastien is riding heel on them Besides, those two aren&039;t as bad as you think Donny is really quite sweet now that he&039;s away frorown up a lot since Lucian took over his training Donny wants to be a hunter for the council when he grows up"

Lucian rolled his eyes at her coh was very protective of, and doted on, the little twerp She was right, though, Donny wasn&039;t a bad lad, just a bitsince that day in the cottage Though, truthfully, he hadn&039;t done more than bite an&039;s displeasure It was the reason he&039;d been allowed to live Donny had been an and bullied by hi The council decided to give him a second chance But if he blew it Lucian sincerely hoped he didn&039;t Leigh would be very hurt, and then he&039;d have to hunt hian and the others hadn&039;t received a second chance

"Have you heard fro Lucian&039;s attention back to the people around him

Lissianna shook her head and frowned "Actually, I&039; to worry It isn&039;t like Mo pregnant and everything"

Lucian frowned, too It really wasn&039;t like Marguerite, but he said, "I&039;m sure she&039;s fine Maria and Vittorio would call if anything had happened"

"If they could We haven&039;t been able to reach them either They&039;ve checked out of the hotel and not left a forwarding address, or nu That just isn&039;t like Moh to his side "Have you ever been to Europe?"

Leigh blinked "No I&039;ve never been out of the USWell, besides Toronto, I mean," she added wryly

"Hmmm How do you feel about croissants for breakfast?" he asked

Leigh smiled slowly "You mean real French croissants frorab a couerite and tell her she&039;s a grandht to freak her out a bit"