The Runaway Prince
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t ugly. Fo
that it had taken Marcus a
I replied, kicking up m
ed me up in an ancient room on the third floor. It had an ornate
could afford to lock a g
pe
windows, then pick the lock, then flat
az should proba
came inside with a tray of
ve a fĆ¼ck about the botany. He just watc
ne I looked hi
uit." I said. "He must re
rolled
n feed you something he
" Now that my stomach wasn't growling, I p
ll." Marcus sighed. "You aren't
g to the closet. I tossed out the
it down." The butler said, try
Haven't we established that
it must have been taken in this very room. Two small boys and a little girl
oment to tell
out the window in annoyance, and he
silently tucke
on. "What makes Biscuit think I won't h
like it was the dumb
s for your protection," He stated, with an air of su
at Marcus. When she noticed me watching her, she pic
more table man
into a human cigare
He corrected. "Th
hing. "And we were g
e I slammed the closet door, trapping the bird inside
, I'd nicked one of Biscuit's
ice cold water, revea
ks and
am I her
g threatened. He turned pale, his eyes
know."
you?" I wondered to m
said, he
hing could kill them. I hadn't exp
? Wh
. "Any Immortal with a even trace of morta
tal here the
lized it certainly wouldn't have been easy to kill t
erable bƤstards came from. The dimension
an awful number of Guardian
adn't asked a very
his name
ife in my pants and shoved Marcus to the bed. I
e what this looked
sly. Marcus opened his mouth, but
cho
l was I trying to explain? "Well, your butler
top of him. On a fricking bed . It didn'
t when you didn't want m
's a
, and he almost
, Biscuit cocked his h
It was an
I'd let you know he turns 203 this year. But no judgemen
hit him wi
B butler had taken my knife. So I
a pillow
uly, I'm a twelve year old girl on the inside," h
How many
l know
ng to Mr. Classified-Top-Secret
eeded bet
hat i
rm that I hadn't paid attention to. It
my head even before
a sheer silk ocean blue gown. "We're
mpagne flutes and
ed. "Ask me to kill some
it sm
ing you to k
you