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“Adding in a dragon ht be too much pressure I wouldn’t want him to run to protect himself” Alric scratched his chin “But I think it is important for him to kno you feel about hi That you are truly interested in hi should have definitely ed “But you never knohat goes on in a e’s head”
Baldewin snorted “That sounds like the voice of experience”
Alric rolled his eyes, but his smile had become tender “Centuries frohts that cross Cameron’s mind”
“And you look forward to every one of them,” Baldewin teased
“I do”
“Thank you, Alric, for sending rew in his throat as he spoke He’d found his un to secretly doubt he’d ever have And his friend had rateful
“I wish I could say I knew Tori would be your ht place at the right time Hopefully, we’ll be able to do that for htened and cleared his throat as if it had becoh business settled Why don’t you go check on our new e? Make sure he’s properly settled”
Baldewin stood and bowed his head to Alric, a s on his lips “As you wish, Hoheit” He’d never been so glad to be disain
Tori was in a freaking castle
No He had a roo, beautiful room with the world’s most comfortable bed, softest sheets, and fluffiest pillows The bathroo The stone floors even had a heating s He had seriously never felt so pampered in his life, and Baldewin had done so over the past few days
His rooms—and it was definitely roo roonitaries and the like, but Tori was not coular clan members had to be less posh, but even they had to be better than the conditions he’d been living in
A few hours after their arrival, Baldewin had texted to see if he was up for dinner in thehall or if he preferred to eat alone in his roo with the rest of the clan was overwhelood ies, he couldn’t hide in his room
Baldeas all about convincing Tori to stay at Burkhard, but he knew deep in his soul that it wasand the rest of the clan that he orthy of joining the that he had soical skill, but he didn’t feel he was in the clear yet
He was living in a drea second of it
The dragon appeared at his door a short ti hall As they walked, Baldewin pointed out interesting historical things about the castle and told stories about weird things that had happened there It was kind of a how Baldewin could wrap him in a sense of awe and fa Baldewin did was kind of a
It didn’t take long for the hall Happy conversation and laughter echoed off the stone walls and bounced up into the high ceiling They filled up plates buffet-style, and Tori couldn’t help but be touched to find three Finnish dishes
“Hi!” greeted an apple-cheeked htly frizzy, red hair on the opposite side of the table “I’ot to be Tori Taavi” He introduced himself in heavily accented Finnish
Tori returned his smile “I am Do I stand out that much?”
Gris’s eyes ide “Oh no! It’s not that You just recognize a new face pretty quickly around here I wanted to say that I oversee the kitchens here Sort of the head chef I triedimellety perunalaatikko and lihapullat for the first tiood, but I’d love to hear your thoughts My assistantvery fast”
Tori blinked at the man for a moment, speechless He’d cooked just to make Tori feel more at home and welcome “I…I will try them all Thank you so much”