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"Reah, we’ll bewas behind me quickly, a hand on my shoulder
"I don’t suppose you’ll tellor what happened with those three er in the house--the warlocks had likely taken them away
"Now Reah, you should know better than to ask, now shouldn’t you?" Teeg’s hand slid down to hed at his words So Gavril (and I hoped that day would co him into a wall a time or two After I had the transmitter, of course, so I could skip away If that happened, hewatched while I packed Then he insisted on watching while I changed into ot in the water withHonestly, there wasn’t a shy bone in his entire body
"Co ainst him Farzi, Nenzi and their brothers ca to lion snake Well, it only made sense that they could swiht reptanoids and two humanoids lazed and swa like this," Lenden was chuckling as he settled on a chair next to Jes, a drink in his hand
"Every one of them would kill for her," Jes murmured
"I like that," Lenden nodded
"I wasn’t just talking about the snakes," Jes added
"Even better"
We were in a high-rise again and Farzi and Nenzi’s six brothers had been taken back to Ca, Farzi, Nenzi, Astralan, Stellan, Jes, Lenden and Jusef Jusef was one back with the reptanoids Teeg didn’t stopnews-vids this time, so I found out immediately that ere on Shillverr
Restlessness overcame me thefelt wrong about it It wasn’t just the apartment, either--it was the whole place We’d settled in the capital city of Shillvas and the entire news vid had been about soes in weather patterns The governor’s as co The journalist was poking fun at her in a subduedto feel what those orchids were feeling So with Shillverr
"Reah, I think we’ll need your Thifilatha again," Teeg poked his head in the bedroo channels on the vid-screen
Not feeling ht away as I turned the power off and slid off the bed This, just like Teeg’s other aparts,into the s were intricate and whimsical at the sa the vines and branches Ithad paid to have it done or ht it as it was
"When and where?" I asked, trailing Teeg into the kitchen Rubbing my stomach, which threatened to beco settled onto a barstool at thebeckoned Not understanding what he wanted, I stayed where I was
"Reah, coether?" Jusef, as fussing around the kitchen, putting away a pile of food he and Lenden had gone to a nearbyfresh nannas When I still didn’t reen Love, you need so in that empty stomach That’s what makes you feel sick--it’s empty, baby"
His last words ca around ht me before I reached it
"Co ainst my skin, I woke almost as quickly as I lost consciousness "You just need to eatwas grumpy--I could tell that even inbeside me--I was on the floor Jes and Lenden lifted me and helped me walk to the island, where a dish of fruit and a flaky roll waited Still unsure whether I wanted anything to eat or not, I ate part of what I was given under Teeg’s watchful gaze