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germanicus enjoyed hearing that kallik was protective of aquene. it was not that he had thought the younger man would be anything other than dutiful, it was that such actions came from clear love.

he had not forgotten that it was he who had all but ordered them together.

the imperator nodded. "be well, lady aquene." when she had left the den, he gathered his four closer, beginning to place them one at a time beside ruenna.