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How will they sell rubies?' I ask him. 'Why not leave them something more practical?'
'As a prince of Faerie, I flatly refuse to leave cash. It's inelegant.'
Tiernan shakes his head at both of us, then pokes at the foodstuffs selecting a handful of nuts.
'Gift cards are worse,' Oak says when I do not respond. 'I would bring shame to the entire Greenbriar line if I left a gift card.'
At that, I can't help smiling a little, despite my heavy heart. 'You're ridiculous.
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