Painted Devils (Little Thieves, #2)

by Margaret Owen

“So you have mated,” Ragne says plainly. “Is that not a claim?” Now I’m definitely squirming. “We think the Scarlet Maiden will only count it as a claim if—if it could make a child.” “She counts it only if there is a penis and a womb?” Ragne tilts her head, considering, as I try and fail not to spit out a swig of water. “I could grow a penis. I do not think the Gisele would like it if we made a child so soon, though. She has not asked me to grow a penis.” “Please stop saying ‘penis,’” I wheeze. “But you just said it,” Ragne objects. She looks increasingly worried. “I thought our mating was fine, but we have not needed a penis.”

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“‘You are,’” I read aloud over his shoulder, “‘my fire, the one desire—’”

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