"I can't keep the brother waiting!" You're sure about this?" It was your bloody idea!" I was just trying to keep the peace, I didn't think either of y...ou wouldactually go for it." Well, we did. Leave me to get dressed." What the lady wants, the lady gets," he said and nipped my neck again."I'll look forward to ravishing you later."I didn't think there would be much chance of that later, assuming Iwasn't in hospital by Caleb's hand, or in a police cell for retaliatingfirst; I didn't think I'd be. The main problem is that you can’t stop thinking about John, and the fact that he’s crashing in the guest room, just a short distance down the hallway.You think about your boyfriend’s friend a lot. Actually, ‘thinking’ doesn’t describe it properly. ‘Fantasizing’ is more accurate. You fantasize about him all the time, and now that he’s under the same roof your imagination has shifted into overdrive.What if you got up and snuck into his room right now? What if you woke him up with a deep,. “Why do I have to stay Daddy? Why didn’t you just tell him no?”“Daddy has worked very hard for this alliance, princess. Our family now has exclusive access to the Borealan market, we alone can exploit their materials and provide them with ships. These aliens are a backward race, it all depends on my personal relationship with their damned Patriach. If I upset him and don’t make amends, he’ll cut us off.”Rebecca sulked, turning her head away from her father conspicuously. She was a spoiled,. “I’m sorry they sold your painting today.”Ashryn giggled again. “Oh, don’t worry about it! I told them to take it. Can you imagine carting a huge painting like that through all our adventures? No, I think it’s much better that we have the coin. You can buy me all kinds of pretty paintings when you have a castle to put them in.”My hand froze, just as it was drawing out her gift. I guess it could wait, and Calliope could enjoy being the only one with a gift a little while longer.“I guess there’s.