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“You idiot,” I snarled, “I’m your wife.”


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“Are you done with your breakfast?”
“Yes,” I said, eyeing him suspiciously.
“Good. I want to take you somewhere.”
“I haven’t got any keys for you to steal,” I said, rising.
“Not every one of my actions has an ulterior motive.” He took my hand. “If I pick you up, will you hit me?”

🤣 what kind of relationship is this?

“And your people have spent near on two centuries studying the World Before.”

“We were more interested in killing you “than in the location of ancient barbarians.” I dropped the book, giving up on it. “But if you died right now, I’m sure we might find time to research Phoinikaea in a decade or four.”

He smiled at me. “Too bad I’m quite intransigently immortal.”

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“For the next three days, I recovered. Though Ignifex stopped telling me to stay in bed after I threw a water jug at his head”


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“Behind me, I heard Ignifex rise from his seat; then his hand stroked my head. “It’s not kind to scare the guests,” he said.”

“Oh, I’m not called the Gentle Lord for nothing. As soon as you leave, she’ll be free to scold me again.”

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