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"Why should I want spoiled goods returned to rowled, "The moment you let him fuck you like an--"

One heartbeat, the poisoned words were spewing frothened

Then they stopped

Ta sounds He shut his ain

No sound, not even a snarl, calint of that irreverent aainst the back of his chair "The gasping-fish look is a good one for you, Ta with disdain and amusement and boredom, now turned to my mate Now possessed a shadow of fear in their eyes as they realized who and what, exactly, sat ast them

Brethren, and yet not Tah Lord, as powerful as any of them

Except for the one at my side Rhys was as different froot it, sometimes--how deep that well of poent What manner of power Rhys bore

But as Rhysand ripped away Tamlin’s ability to speak, they remembered

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Only reen flaht to wrest free from Rhysand’s control As he tried and tried to speak

"If you want proof that we are not sche with Hybern," Rhysand said blandly to them all, "consider the fact that it would be far less ti to slice into your "

Only Beron was stupid enough to scoff Eris was just angling his body in his chair--blocking the path to his ive Beron a glance of acknowledgment "Here we all are"

Absolute silence

Then Tarquin, silent and watchful, cleared his throat

I waited for it--for the blow that would surely doom us We were thieves who had deceived him, we had come to his house in peace and stolen from him, had ripped into their minds to ensure our success

But Tarquin said to lare at his cousin, who didn’t so much as look sorry about it, "You were the only ones who ca in return Why?"

Rhys’s voice was a bit hoarse as he asked, "Isn’t that what friends do?"

A subtle, quiet offer

Tarquin took him in Then me And the others "I rescind the blood rubies Let there be no debts between us"

"Don’t expect Arown attached to it"