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I stopped in the doorway On my bed was a pair of black leather pants that I knew did not belong to me Next to the pants was a wine-colored sweater that looked like it left nothing to the iination There was also a scrap of black lace barely identifiable as underwear, and ablue jewel--Puck’s talisman

"You little shit," I swore I don’t kno he kneas going to call him, and not for the first time I wondered whether the talisman allowed him to eavesdrop on nore his not-so-subtle directive

But then I reconsidered My own clothes were always getting ripped or torn or bloodstained, and I was never able to present ive a flying farthing about faerie protocol, I could appreciate that ood ioing to ood impression on her at this point But the rest of the court could sway her if I presented ed

I drew the line at wearing the underwear There was so underwear for ular cotton undies and pulled on the pants and sweater I glanced at edto every curve I had I felt indecent, even though I was covered up from wrist to ankle

The jeinked at rabbed it and said his nareare

"Those pants look good," Puck said

I spun around and found hiainst the doorfraood fro h to be Lucifer’s brother," I said

Puck gave h to be"

Well, it was certainly a week for revelations "You’re Lucifer’s brother?"

"Why else would we hate each other so thoroughly?" Puck said "Nobody kno to swing the knife like fareat-whatever-uncle?"

Puck nodded, his eyes sparkling withickier that you would buy me underwear"

"Don’t worry The blood relation is distant enough that it would not be unnatural for us to have sex"

"It would be unnatural inyou have ever experienced before, I pro," I said "Angelstheir relatives, but hurandson," Puck said "And you are also related to Lucifer"

"Yeah, but there are a lot of intervening generations betweenat ly "It was different with Gabriel"

"How?"

"I’ sex with you, and that’s final," I said

"Too bad," Puck said "In any case, I ael"