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There was a long, tense silence before Alric spoke again And even then, his voice was flat and disbelieving

“You want me to send you Cassie?” Alric inquired

“Yes”

“Cassie Burkhard? Cameron’s twin sister? That Cassie?”

Baldewin dropped his head back against the headrest and sighed heavily “Yes, that Cassie I don’t believe we have any other Cassies in the castle I haven’t been gone that long”

“What does she have on you?”

“Alric!” Baldewin snapped

Tori winced, but it disappeared under the sound of the king’s raucous laughter He clearly wasn’t disturbed by Baldewin’s tone or the man’s use of his name

“I know you, my friend, and I know my new little sister Cassie is quite wonderful, but she has a knack for driving you crazy, which is quite the feat I can only i little bit of infor her name at the top of the list to help you” Alric’s voice was full of warhter Not at all what Tori would expect from such a leader, and he found that he liked it He was actually starting to look forward tothis Alric

“Cassie has been a great help in ter Tori, and I know she would very much like to see more of Europe with her on was carefully choosing his words “And in all honesty, I do believe Cassie will help put Tori more at ease about Burkhard As…excitable as she is, everyone does instantly like the woman”

“Assu you with her baseball bat, Cheryl,” Warin interjected

Baldeisted in his seat to look back at Warin He didn’t look pleased, but his friend only laughed Yes, now Tori wanted to ask about this Cheryl, but noasn’t the time

“I’ protected by only three dragons, but they are also three of hters Plus, it sounds as if Tori is quite acco I’ll send Cassie with Sasha if she wishes to join you,” Alric agreed

Warin snorted and lifted his voice “I doubt Cassie is going to turn down this offer”

“No, it’s not likely Where should they meet you?”