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The dogs were hers The way they’d stayed by her side during and after Pandora’s attackthe way they’d let Alek know in no uncertain terms they would defend her with their lives Yeah, they were hers And she was theirs Not Baden’s, as he’d so baldly stated

"I’ll fight you every day, every minute, until they’re returned to--"

"Sheath your claws, vixen Galen is bringing the dogs"

Oh "If he hurts them--"

"He won’t He’s been warned" Baden poured himself another drink, drained the contents He faced her, his eyelids hooded, his lashes practically fused together "We need to get soo He would rail at her for her supposed betrayal And okay, yes, what he’d heard was da Still! He should know her better "If you insult me"

"You’ll what?" he asked with no small amount of malevolence

"I’ll take the possibility of sex off the table" Wait I thought I already had

He went hard as stone, and not in the good way "Sex stays on the table either way"

Oh, really? "Are you planning to force me?"

"Like I’d have to You look ready to force er for hie of the coffee table The position put her at a disadvantage, so, but Baden was a unique breed By placing herself in the perceived weaker position, hethe offensive-defensive parry and start listening to what she had to say

"Did you know the coin can buy a royal title in the underworld?" she asked "Actually, it forces Hades to grant the owner’s wish, whatever it is"

He’d been in the process of pouring hiaze "How do you know that?"

"Alek, of course"

He grazed his tongue over an incisor "The ht I’ave her nails a little buff "Have been froed you to kidnap "

He continued as if she hadn’t spoken "In this case, however, you both speak true"