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Authors: Victoria Danann
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ass."
"Whose ass am I kicking now?" Kay asked calmly as he entered the room to find her staring at Baka with hands on hips.
She motioned toward Baka. "This player thinks he's got a shot at sleeping his way through the Norns. Just last night he was in somebody else's bed and now he's putting moves on me." Smirking at Baka, she said, "Credits for stamina - maybe. Debits for sleaze."
Kay looked at Baka who shrugged and smiled innocently as he walked behind the bar. "I'm making up for lost time." Turning toward Dandie, he said, "Yesterday's lady and I had an understanding."
"No doubt." Kay leveled a meaningful look at Baka. "You need to find something else to occupy your time."
"That's it?" Dandie was incensed. "You're letting him off with a warning?" She shook her head at Kay reprovingly. "Wow. That government job has made you soft, Bubba."
In the middle of pouring a whiskey, Baka stopped at that to bark out a laugh. He turned to Dandie and appeared to agree with her. "That's exactly what I've been saying! Kay, you and those other people you work with are simply too soft." He shook his head as he poured Scotch over ice. "God in heaven, you people are fun." He held the bottle up toward Kay in a gesture that asked, "How about you?"
Kay ignored him and looked at his sister. "Dan, that vampire and I have been through a lot together."
She looked blank. After a few blinks she drew her brows together. "Vampire?"
Kay paled a little when he realized he'd slipped. He looked at Baka, who grinned brightly and raised his glass as if to say, "Cheers," before bringing it to his perfectly chiseled lips.
Kay stared at Baka for a moment before finally deciding what to say. "It's an inside joke."
Dandie turned to Baka as if to get confirmation. He waved the glass in his hand toward Kay. "Indeed. Nothing quite says funny like vampire."
Dandie considered that for a moment, stepped closer to Baka and said: "Come near me again and I'll kick your ass myself."
In response Baka gave her his best sardonic smile and rubbed a forefinger in his ear. "I'm sorry. Did you say kick or lick?"
Dandie's eyes grew impossibly wide and her face reddened, making it look like she might spontaneously combust.
Baka seemed intrigued by the demonstration and watched with interest. "Kay, my friend, do your sisters berserk as well?" Kay stepped in front of the ex-vampire. "Never mind. That was a silly question. Given the right circumstances all women berserk."
Kay advanced with a more threatening tone. "Baka..."
"Alright. Alright. I'm going." Baka looked around like he'd lost something. "Has anybody seen Aelsong?"
Kay, who had turned toward his sister, gritted his teeth and wheeled around like a parent who'd been pushed too far. "Baka! Give. It. A. Rest. Everybody's sisters are off limits. Am I making myself clear?"
"Kay," Baka chuckled, "most women are somebody's sister."
Kay took a step forward in an aggressive mannerism that was universally understood as provocation-gone-too-far. The fact that it was out of character for Kay was a little alarming. So, in an unprecedented display of good judgment, Baka set his glass down, held up his hands, and began backing toward the door.
Having witnessed the entire scene without saying a word, Squoozie now hurried out the door after Baka. When she caught up to him, they were still close enough for Kay and Dandie to hear their sister say: "My baby brother doesn't speak for me, Baka. I'm sure Aelsong is busy right now. But I'm not."
***
CHAPTER 4
On the day of the handfasting, the palace became a blur of activity between deliveries and the hustle and bustle of staff, both permanent and temporary. Katrina and the Norns kidnapped Elora from the breakfast table and insisted that Ram could not see her again until time for the ceremony. Elora was touched that they wanted to fuss over her and help her get ready.
When Song heard about it, she showed up and the suite was alive with feminine laughter and
"Whose ass am I kicking now?" Kay asked calmly as he entered the room to find her staring at Baka with hands on hips.
She motioned toward Baka. "This player thinks he's got a shot at sleeping his way through the Norns. Just last night he was in somebody else's bed and now he's putting moves on me." Smirking at Baka, she said, "Credits for stamina - maybe. Debits for sleaze."
Kay looked at Baka who shrugged and smiled innocently as he walked behind the bar. "I'm making up for lost time." Turning toward Dandie, he said, "Yesterday's lady and I had an understanding."
"No doubt." Kay leveled a meaningful look at Baka. "You need to find something else to occupy your time."
"That's it?" Dandie was incensed. "You're letting him off with a warning?" She shook her head at Kay reprovingly. "Wow. That government job has made you soft, Bubba."
In the middle of pouring a whiskey, Baka stopped at that to bark out a laugh. He turned to Dandie and appeared to agree with her. "That's exactly what I've been saying! Kay, you and those other people you work with are simply too soft." He shook his head as he poured Scotch over ice. "God in heaven, you people are fun." He held the bottle up toward Kay in a gesture that asked, "How about you?"
Kay ignored him and looked at his sister. "Dan, that vampire and I have been through a lot together."
She looked blank. After a few blinks she drew her brows together. "Vampire?"
Kay paled a little when he realized he'd slipped. He looked at Baka, who grinned brightly and raised his glass as if to say, "Cheers," before bringing it to his perfectly chiseled lips.
Kay stared at Baka for a moment before finally deciding what to say. "It's an inside joke."
Dandie turned to Baka as if to get confirmation. He waved the glass in his hand toward Kay. "Indeed. Nothing quite says funny like vampire."
Dandie considered that for a moment, stepped closer to Baka and said: "Come near me again and I'll kick your ass myself."
In response Baka gave her his best sardonic smile and rubbed a forefinger in his ear. "I'm sorry. Did you say kick or lick?"
Dandie's eyes grew impossibly wide and her face reddened, making it look like she might spontaneously combust.
Baka seemed intrigued by the demonstration and watched with interest. "Kay, my friend, do your sisters berserk as well?" Kay stepped in front of the ex-vampire. "Never mind. That was a silly question. Given the right circumstances all women berserk."
Kay advanced with a more threatening tone. "Baka..."
"Alright. Alright. I'm going." Baka looked around like he'd lost something. "Has anybody seen Aelsong?"
Kay, who had turned toward his sister, gritted his teeth and wheeled around like a parent who'd been pushed too far. "Baka! Give. It. A. Rest. Everybody's sisters are off limits. Am I making myself clear?"
"Kay," Baka chuckled, "most women are somebody's sister."
Kay took a step forward in an aggressive mannerism that was universally understood as provocation-gone-too-far. The fact that it was out of character for Kay was a little alarming. So, in an unprecedented display of good judgment, Baka set his glass down, held up his hands, and began backing toward the door.
Having witnessed the entire scene without saying a word, Squoozie now hurried out the door after Baka. When she caught up to him, they were still close enough for Kay and Dandie to hear their sister say: "My baby brother doesn't speak for me, Baka. I'm sure Aelsong is busy right now. But I'm not."
***
CHAPTER 4
On the day of the handfasting, the palace became a blur of activity between deliveries and the hustle and bustle of staff, both permanent and temporary. Katrina and the Norns kidnapped Elora from the breakfast table and insisted that Ram could not see her again until time for the ceremony. Elora was touched that they wanted to fuss over her and help her get ready.
When Song heard about it, she showed up and the suite was alive with feminine laughter and
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