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“I guess it’s no surprise Tori finally cracked Baldewin has been quietly courting him since the first time they spoke,” Warin said matter-of-factly

“What?” Baldewin gasped “I have not—”

Sasha waved a hand at him to silence his protests, only interested in the dirt Warin illing to share “What’s he been doing?”

“He is constantly giving Tori little gifts”

“I have not Food doesn’t count We all have to eat, and theproperly He’s only just now started to put a little ued

Warin flashed hiht me any food on this trip”

Baldewin could only roll his eyes, because Sasha was already prodding him for more

“And then on the night Tori sweetly lamour spell for us, I went out first Baldewin took hi—”

“He left nearly all his possessions back with his old clan Do you think he would feel coes of clothes? It’s the least we could do if we’re dragging him from Helsinki to meet with our clan”

Warin’s s when he uttered the last tords: “Guitar strings”

Yeah, okay, so maybe they weren’t particularly necessary Neither was the stop at Black Magic to try the selection of chocolates and Riga’s famous Black Balsam herbal liqueur And maybe his hotel selection had been a little over the top, now that Tori was allowing Baldewin to care for him

“They made him smile,” Baldewin admitted in a low voice

He didn’t regret any of it He cherished every one of Tori’s spie snatches up shiny objects to add to his ever-growing secret hoard Or the way a dragon hoards…

Baldewin stopped that thought sharply and nearly groaned at hi to hoard Tori’s smiles? If it meant that all of Tori’s son was definitely trying to hoard all of Tori

“So, then the question is whether you are looking at hio?” Sasha prodded