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Daehed “He’ll survive And under the circuive you”
“If she doesn’t, I’ behind you”
Not likely Surreal tended to fight her own battles A feth A lovely face and sun-kissed skin Black hair Gold-green eyes And those delicately pointed ears She got her coloring from her Hayllian sire, but her looks came from her mother’s people and were all Dea al Mon
“Jaenelle is in Halaith Sylvia, Tersa, and Rainier Mikal is perfor,” Daemon said
“And you got out of attending by?”
“Listening to Mikal’s rehearsals and figuring out twenty-seven ways of saying ‘that was good but it still needs work’ I sent Rainier as my representative so there would be a ht if I could skip the festivities”
She laughed “Don’t you give your wife outstanding sex every night?”
“Yes, but outstanding is a bit hts,” he purred
She blinked Sed hard “Shit, I don’t even want to think about that without a tub full of cold water nearby”
He kept a straight face, but it took effort He’d been worried about her Being trapped in that damn spooky house last autumn and the time it had taken for her to recover from the injuries she had sustained—and the fact that Rainier never would fully recover from his own injuries—had left emotional wounds
Her tiood Physically, she looked to be in glowing health Ees had been s else about her now So more
“Do you want to sit down?” He indicated the infor in a tray unless you want a more substantial meal”
“We have so to discuss” Surreal tipped her head to indicate the blackwood desk “But over there Refreshments can wait”
Daeht” He took his seat behind the desk, crossed his legs at the knees, and steepled his fingers, resting the forefingers against his chin He watched her settle into the chair on the other side of the desk
Formal Official Whatever she wanted to say would be said to the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan, not Daemon Sadi
They sat quietly, studying each other, both co in the room
“Years ago, when you found ed for me to train in a Red Moon house,” Surreal said
He sed the anger now as he’d sed it then “You were littleon the streets to stay alive That wasn’t the place for you I had no right to dictate your choice of profession, but I had the ive you ”
“I wouldn’t have accepted your friendship or assistance if you had tried to impose your will over mine”
He’d known that