Given, not taken

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(Caius) Pryor was waiting at the entrance when I came up the steps. He had the look he always had when he'd been managing things in my absence and had a list of items requiring my attention and was debating how quickly to present them. I knew that look well enough to head it off before it started. "Tomorrow," I said. He opened his mouth. "Tomorrow," I said again. "Everything that needs my attention will still need it tomorrow and I'll give it then. Not tonight." He closed his mouth and nodded and stepped aside and I went through the entrance and into the pack house. Isla was standing just inside the door. She hadn't moved far from where she'd come in. She was standing in the entrance hall with Sera a few steps ahead of her and she was looking at the space around her with an express

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