Avi was both horrified and fascinated. "You didn't," he interrupted, sounding for all the world like a scandalized dairy maid. "More than once?" He was as shocked as much by the fact that Grilka hadn't told him about it, when this was exactly the sort of thing that gossip should have carried. It was as if he'd only just discovered her penchant for shitting in Gareth's boots. "How long did he let you? Oh, this explains so much." He'd wondered how she'd managed to drive the man so absolutely mad.
He started to laugh as Ren drank too much, smothering it into giggles as he tilted his head lower to get a better look at her, all red-faced and teary-eyed. She was always doing that to herself, wasn't she?
He patted the back of her head against his chest, entirely delighted. "Of course you did," he said sympathetically. "You're mine. You want to please me." When he tousled her hair this time, it was with the threat that he might grab a fist full of it. "Particularly if you think it will hurt."
He took the jar from her hand, and took a sip. It wasn't that bad, he thought, but he didn't care for it as much as he did mead. He did not much account for the fact that its burn in his throat was literal fire.
"That'd be a waste of vital government resources," he informed her with a straight face.
"My geometry is excellent," he countered. "I could calculate a launch trajectory angle in my sleep. Straight as an arrow."
Gareth passed Bree the liquor as she clambered all over him, more like a goat than a wolf. Then he grabbed a jar that managed to look small in his hands, despite being of a more average size. "Think you could save me a small jar for the road? Real small." He indicated with his fingers. "I'm putting together a gift basket, I guess."
"Sure, I can do that," Clint said. "Just swing by before you head out."
"You're single because you're spoiled," Gareth said to Bree. "Find yourself a nice faun to chew on." What she needed was someone different enough from the King that there was no way to compare them, instead of trying for imitations and wondering why they fell short.
He turned in time for them to see Declan clear the area around his trebuchet, a pumpkin loaded into the sling. A countdown started in chorus, a drummer joining in, until Declan finally pulled his release pin.
The pumpkin shot straight into the ground right in front of it.
Gareth barked a laugh, loud and hard and nearly collapsing forward onto his own knees as he cackled and gasped for air.
He started to laugh as Ren drank too much, smothering it into giggles as he tilted his head lower to get a better look at her, all red-faced and teary-eyed. She was always doing that to herself, wasn't she?
He patted the back of her head against his chest, entirely delighted. "Of course you did," he said sympathetically. "You're mine. You want to please me." When he tousled her hair this time, it was with the threat that he might grab a fist full of it. "Particularly if you think it will hurt."
He took the jar from her hand, and took a sip. It wasn't that bad, he thought, but he didn't care for it as much as he did mead. He did not much account for the fact that its burn in his throat was literal fire.
"That'd be a waste of vital government resources," he informed her with a straight face.
"My geometry is excellent," he countered. "I could calculate a launch trajectory angle in my sleep. Straight as an arrow."
Gareth passed Bree the liquor as she clambered all over him, more like a goat than a wolf. Then he grabbed a jar that managed to look small in his hands, despite being of a more average size. "Think you could save me a small jar for the road? Real small." He indicated with his fingers. "I'm putting together a gift basket, I guess."
"Sure, I can do that," Clint said. "Just swing by before you head out."
"You're single because you're spoiled," Gareth said to Bree. "Find yourself a nice faun to chew on." What she needed was someone different enough from the King that there was no way to compare them, instead of trying for imitations and wondering why they fell short.
He turned in time for them to see Declan clear the area around his trebuchet, a pumpkin loaded into the sling. A countdown started in chorus, a drummer joining in, until Declan finally pulled his release pin.
The pumpkin shot straight into the ground right in front of it.
Gareth barked a laugh, loud and hard and nearly collapsing forward onto his own knees as he cackled and gasped for air.
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