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yes, I will teach you how to cook.
He hesitantly took his hand away from Misha s mouth, ready to
slap it back in place at the first question. Misha was a headache, but
he was a bubbly headache.
 Cool. Misha grinned.
Ifan arched an eyebrow.  That s it?
Misha nodded.
 No more questions? Ifan didn t believe it.  Not a single one?
 Do I get to sleep with you? How often can we have sex? We re
allowed to have sex when we get to your house, aren t we? Can we
have sex on the way home? Do you have toys? I ve heard about toys,
and I d really like to try them out. Is that okay? And maybe we should
get a couch like the one in the arboretum? That was a lot of fun.
Ifan threw his head back and roared with laughter. Misha s mere
presence gave Ifan a joy he hadn t felt in so long, he had forgotten
what it felt like. His mood seemed suddenly buoyant, optimistic.
 I thought my ears were playing tricks on me.
Ifan s laughter dwindled away as he turned to see Brodelyn
standing in the doorway of his quarters, a quizzical expression on his
face.
 You were laughing.
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Ifan smirked.  Is that so surprising?
 Yes! I haven t heard you laugh in years.
Ifan chuckled and drew Misha back into his arms.  That was
before I mated Misha.
* * * *
Ifan leaned back against the wall and watched his mate charm
every member of the UPAC council. Misha did it with such ease that
Ifan was almost jealous almost. It was just a simple smile here, a
softly spoken word there. Misha had the elders eating out of his
hands.
And Ifan would have been jealous if Misha hadn t kept coming
back to him time and time again, cuddling into his side. If anyone
came too close or made a remark he was uncomfortable with, Misha
immediately crossed over to him.
Mostly, people left Misha alone other than to chat with him. No
one approached Ifan well, no one with an ounce of intelligence,
anyway. Ifan cocked an eyebrow and turned to look at the man that
walked up and leaned against the wall next to him.
 Sebastian, he said simply.
 Ifan. The man nodded.
Ifan turned to look back out over the crowd. Everyone was
mingling as they got ready for the grand banquet. Ifan could think of a
hundred places he d rather be, but Misha seemed so excited, he
couldn t deny him.
 He yours?
Ifan followed Sebastian s eyes to settle on Misha.  He is.
 See the little man over there with the neon green bunny purse?
Sebastian pointed to a white-haired man standing across the room.
 Yours?
 Yep. Sebastian chuckled and shook his head.  He s a freaking
bunny.
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Ifan s mouth dropped open. It wasn t often that he was shocked,
but hearing that his old friend, Sebastian Drakus, was mated to a
bunny was astonishing. Sebastian was the prince of dragons.
 You re mated to a bunny?
Sebastian s lips pressed together. He crossed his arms over his
chest and nodded. Ifan snickered and matched Sebastian s posture. He
gestured toward Misha with his head.
 Misha? He s a dreamwalker.
 I thought you never left your forest, Sebastian said as he turned
to look at Ifan.  How did you end up here and mated?
 Council orders, how else?
 Right, UPAC. Sebastian grimaced.  I can t wait for the day that
one of the elders goes down. They really need to see how the rest of
us mere mortals live.
 Speak for yourself. Ifan snorted.  I hope one of those damn
bastards finds himself mated against his will. Let s see them get out of
that.
 In your dreams. Elders do not get mated against their will.
Ifan thought about the man that had jumped past him onto the
stage at the great gathering two days ago and attacked an elder. He
hadn t seen that elder since. Maybe his little dream had a possibility
of occurring, maybe not.
 Well, we ll see.
 So, when are you heading back to your forest?
 In the morning, Ifan replied.  We planned to head back
yesterday morning, but Elder Lucas wanted Misha here for a little
longer. I guess he was in pretty bad shape when he arrived, something
about being found in an abandoned warehouse.
Sebastian s eyebrows shot up.  You don t know?
 Misha will tell me when he s ready.
The moment the elders discovered that Misha could speak, they
had started asking him questions. Ifan had put up with it until he felt
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the waves of distress coming off of his mate and then he had put his
foot down, whisking his mate away.
Elder Lucas had come by himself later in the day and talked
quietly with Misha. Ifan stood back and carefully monitored Misha.
Their talk seemed to go okay. Misha was more comfortable with
Elder Lucas. It was the entire council that sent him into panic.
Once the elder left, Ifan jumped Misha, ravishing him until the
man was exhausted and happy once again. Ifan much preferred his [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]