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Vasile placed his hands on either side of his ently pulled her toward him Their lips touched, and even after two centuries, the passion that started as e She wrapped her aret closer Vasile growled softly and Alina laughed lightly as she pulled away He looked into her eyes and saw the rave with pride when he has seen in his woman’s eyes that he is her hero, her lover, her friend, and her confidant

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Jen, Jacque, Sally, Rachel, Crina, and Cynthia all sat around the coffee table in one of thecup of hot chocolate

"Do we know if Peri has been able to get Legolas’ brothers and sisters to join our cause?" Jen asked as she took a sip of her hot chocolate, cringing as it stung her tongue

Crina and Cynthia, who had also been taking sips of their drinks, ihed at Jen’s words Rachel was s to understand some of Jen’s humor, even if she didn’t understand the reference

"Jen, just because they are Fae doesn’t s characters," Sally pointed out "Not to ed "Yeah, but it’s so olas’ cousins or baby’s daddy than just calling them Fae"

Jacque nodded "She does have a point"

Cynthia was shaking her head Once again the three girls were trading banter like the world wasn’t co to an end

"To answer your question," Sally said, "Peri toldone of our little…"

"Potions classes?" Jen blurted

"Harry Potter!" Jacque yelled out

"Point" Jen nodded at Jacque

"Seriously? You guys are going to play ’what’s it from?’ now?" Sally asked She crossed her ar

"What is ’what’s it from?’ now?" Rachel asked

Jacque piped in "It’s a game where we just have norhout the day we throw et a point you have to be the first one to call out what a toyou’ve been living on fig trees for decades and your only for your olf husband so that you could use your healing skills"

Everyone but Rachel gasped at Jen’s bluntness Rachel was laughing She had told Jen about how Gavril would purposefully injure hi to do

"I’ed faces

"Anyway, Rachel," Jacque continued, "that is the game"

"Perhaps I will just listen then I’h I hed "That’s an easy thing to do Jen only has to open her h, and despite their brashness, she probably means no harm"

"She’s really very short on charm!" Jacque hollered just as Sally and Jen yelled, "The Princess Bride!"

"Good one, Doc" Jen grinned at Cynthia