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Hannon pulled the pot off the hook hanging over the fire and tilted it A tiny bit of life-saving draught filled

“Try again,” I said with a yawn, keepingin the air

“We’re out I indulged a little toochased by beasts around the wood I still slept like a baby when you got back, though” He grinned at me

I scowled, took a sip, and leaned against the clean but chipped stone countertop “Whose turn is it to go to the marketplace today?”

“Yours, thank the lovely goddess”

“What’s up with you?” I looked at hi bread He was the useful one in our fa and orking and doing all kinds of other handy stuff—he was the , hunting, fishing, gardening, and narrowly escaping the beast of the Forbidden Wood It was partially why I needed to take all the risks This family could not survive without Hannon Not even for a little while

He rolled his eyes and stopped his kneading for a moment “Daphne”

I felt a grin creep up my tired face “We all need admirers”

“Yeah, well…” He shook his head and went back to his task After a uts “She knows I had my twenty-fifth birthday last month”

My grin widened “Prie, yes Go on”

“She has so she wants to ask me”

“No…” I pushed forward gleefully “Is she going to propose?”

“Women don’t propose, Finley I think she wants to ask h She’s not been subtle about her…desires”