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Kellyn rouses.
“What?” he asks.
The door opens, and Petrik strides in. Dressed and clean and looking for all the world like he could take on Kymora and her army single-handedly.
He looks between me and Kellyn for less than a heartbeat. “Good, Ziva’s here, too. Saves me the trouble of hunting you down. You’ve both been requested to attend another meeting with my brother and sister. You have one hour before it starts. A servant outside can lead the way. Try not to be late this time.”
And then Petrik whistles—whistles—on his way back out the door.
Kellyn’s head falls against his pillow. One arm shields his eyes from the light. “You probably should have had me lock him in here last night.”
“Why?” I ask.
Kellyn moves his arm, looks at me with amusement. “Why do you think he’s in such a good mood?”
“Because he and Temra finally made up.”
“They did more than that, Ziva.”
I feel my mouth drop open. “No! He wouldn’t— She wouldn’t—”
Oh, Temra absolutely would. And Petrik would be helpless to deny her anything she wanted, let’s be honest. Not that he would have any desire at all to deny her that. He’d be a willing and eager participant.
“Ick,” I finally say.
“Try not to think about it,” Kellyn says.
“I think Petrik and I need to have a talk.”
“What will you say to him?”
“That I’ll kill him if he does anything to hurt her.”
Kellyn rubs his lips against the side of my head. “I don’t think you need to worry about that, but Petrik could use a good scare every once in a while. I’ve never heard you sound so terrifying.”
“And I’ll need to have another talk with Temra.”
“About?”
“Being careful.”
“Careful?”
I eye him. “Against pregnancy.”
“Oh. You mean— Sorry, I didn’t know there was a way for women to control that.”
He looks extremely uncomfortable, which I find vastly amusing.
“There are herbs,” I inform him.
“I didn’t know. My parents obviously don’t bother with such things.”
That has me laughing so very hard.
And then I catch my breath, because what he’s saying means—
“So you didn’t know?” I ask.
