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He frowned.“You could have taken it.”
“And Nelson would have had me arrested immediately.He wanted me down with nothing so that he could sweep in like a hero or blackmail me into bed.I am not sure which.”
Likon stared.“You...you aren’t kidding.”
“He suggested our arrangement, right?As a way to keep the ladies at bay?It had to be me, right?Why do you think that was?It had to be me, and I had to be helpless, at least on paper.When our agreement broke, and it would break, he would be there to crush me and then offer his hand in comfort.”She looked to Sern.“Are you ready to go?”
He nodded.“I am.Magnus, I will do the filing.”
“Yes.We can transfer the clothing tomorrow.”
Eudora shrugged.“As long as I don’t have to see it.Ask Den how small my apartment is.”
Sern looked at her, smiled, and sent a text, then paled.“He had to turn sideways through the door?”
“Yup.And I was able to make my bed and eat dinner two feet away.It’s too small for anything.”
Likon asked, “Then why did you get it?”
She tapped him in the forehead.“Because a friend offered it for free when Nelson froze my account.That was before I left, by the way.I knew that Arwell was involved in shelters, and when she learned about my situation, she offered the apartment for six weeks.That should have been enough time to sort things.Now, I need one more complete paycheque, and then I will have enough for a tiny, crappy apartment, but it will be mine.”
Sern looked at her and nodded.“That’s fair.”
She sighed.“Great.If I have to see one more lawyer without canapes being involved, I think I am going to scream.”
Sern grinned.“Hungry?”
“A little.Self-control does not come naturally.”
Kern snorted.“That seems to be an affliction of enhanced betas.”
She looked at him and flared to power, showing him what she was hiding.“I keep saying, I am not an enhanced beta.”
Rhymbia’s eyes went wide, and with the exception of Sern, the men were shocked.
She looked at Sern, “Too much?”
“Perfect.Just perfect.”He leaned down and brushed his lips across hers.
She blinked in surprise.“Oh.”Curls of heat ran through her at the light contact.
The room flared green, and there was a chuckle.“Oh, wow.That’s a match.”Kern’s voice was dark.
Rhymbia sighed.“That is so sweet and so scary.”
Magnus was covering his eyes.“Which one is scary?”
Kern said, “Both of them.”
Coming from a basilisk, it was a compliment.She leaned back and smiled.
Likon was stunned, and she carefully turned him away from Kern’s glowing gaze.“Don’t look into the light.”
Kern snickered and put on his lenses.
Sern took the document packet, verified that everything was in there, and slid it toward Kern.“A witness, please.”
Kern nodded and signed the documents one after another.He also scribbled a descriptor of his relationship to those named.Sern looked and nodded.
