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gratitude of the moment, but he didn’t think so. She was a sight to behold, standing naked over her kill.
    “I…th-thank you,” he managed to say, if somewhat shakily.
    “I’m sorry it came so close,” she said with a sigh. “I normally don’t sleep that soundly.”
    “Me either,” Jaykun said, his awe still present in his tone.
“Never.”
    It was true. He should have heard the woman the moment she entered the room. He was in what was easily hostile territory and should have been sleeping with one eye open.
    “My brothers!” The thought hit him like lightning. He jerked his pants into place as he ran from the room. It stood to reason that if Krizans were going to make an attempt on his life, they would do the same to his brothers. He burst into the common dining hall on his way to his brothers’ rooms and pulled up short when he saw them both sitting there, calmly breaking their fast. Two sets of eyes that matched his own went wide at his wild entrance.
    “Good morning, brother,” Dethan said, looking a little bemused.
    “Y-you’re both…What are you eating?” he demanded of them. Poison. It could be poison.
    “Some fruits…meats…as you see.”
    “There was an assassin in my chambers just now. How do you know that isn’t befouled?” Jaykun demanded of them.
    Alarm crossed his siblings’ features.
    “An assassin?” Garreth demanded. “Worry not about the food. We aren’t foolish. Our own cook provided the meal.”
    “Thank the gods,” Jaykun said on a relieved exhalation. “Thank the gods.”
    “Jaykun, where is the assass—” Dethan broke off, his eyes going wide once more as Jileana entered the dining hall wearing nothing more than Jaykun’s tunic. That she wasn’t Krizan was immediately obvious to his brother, and but while she might look completely harmless and unarmed, Jaykun had just claimed there had been a killer in his rooms. Dethan surged to his feet as if to cut her off before she reached Jaykun’s exposed back.
    “No. It’s all right,” Jaykun said quickly once he realized to where Dethan’s attention had gone. “It wasn’t her. She’s…she…umm…she stopped the attack. She killed the assassin.”
    Shocked once again and for the third time in as many minutes, Dethan eyed Jileana. The idea of her going up against a dangerous killer had to be ludicrous to an outsider.
    “Was it a Krizan assassin?” Garreth asked, as doubtful as Dethan felt.
    “A Krizan woman,” Jaykun informed.
    Both brothers eyed Jileana skeptically once more. She smiled at them and waved, completely baffling them.
    “Hi. I’m Jileana. I’m not an assassin. I’m just having a sexual exchange with Jaykun.”
    Garreth choked and Dethan grinned.
    “Is that so? And you are…?” Dethan said leadingly.
    “Hoping to repeat the process,” she said brightly.
    Garreth choked again and began coughing over his laughter.
    “Jileana,” Jaykun said, determined not to blush like a young boy caught doing something wrong…even though that was exactly what he felt like. “These are my brothers, Dethan,” he said, indicating the larger of the two, “and Garreth.”
    “You are much smaller than your brothers,” she observed of Garreth.
    “Yes, I am,” Garreth said with a grin.
    “Your brother Jaykun is very large,” she observed again. “He also has an excellent skill in all I have needed him for thus far. I imagine you are both equally skilled individuals. Although, I should warn you now that I am not interested in sexual congress with either of you. Not that you should be insulted. You are both fine-looking warriors. But I would prefer to remain with Jaykun as far as that is concerned. I’m hungry. May I have some fruit?”
    All three brothers were gaping at her so she picked up a piece of fruit and pointed to it, repeating very carefully, “May I have this?”
    Dethan snapped out of his disbelief first. “O-of course,” he said.
    “Thank you.” She went to the table, sat down just to