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I love you, " he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.Eloisa James
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Neythen looked perplexed. 'My mum always said I'm named after a saint, not an illness.'' Which one?'' Well he had his head chopped off, see? And then he picked it up and carried it down the road a time. All the way back home, I think.'' Messy, ' Piers said. 'Not to mention unlikely, though one has to think of chickens and their post-mortal abilities. Did she think that you would inherit the same gift?' Neythen blinked. 'No, my lord.'' Perhaps she was just hopeful. It behooves mothers to look ahead to this sort of possibility, after all. I'm tempted to behead you just to see if she was right. Sometimes the most unlikely superstitions turn out to have a basis in fact.Eloisa James
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Piers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.'' Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm sorry, Lord Sandys, your son has contracted neythen and won't live a month. No, no, there's nothing I can do. Sandys would have preferred hearing that to syphilis.Eloisa James
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They continued on to London, and she's there, safe and sound, waiting for you.'' You can't know for sure.' Piers swung up into the carriage.' You will never know for sure if she's dead or alive unless you keep her near you all the time, ' Sebastian said with perfect, if maddening, accuracy.Eloisa James