I stare at him, shocked, and Luca just grins at me. "Do you do you speak Itablio?" I ask.
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“I mean, just a little," he says with a shrug as his family moves eagerly around us, setting out food and drinks, turning on music.
"Of course he speaks Itablio, it's his native tongue!" his mother says, laughing and coming to press a fizzy orange drink into my hand.
"It is?" I gasp, still staring at Luca. He just laughs and looks away, maybe a little bashful.
suddenly, pulling my attention back to
but bursting
she repeats, looking around the
arm around her mother's shoulder, grinning and speaking quietly to her in their language. I look to Luca,
is...kind of obsessed with the royal family." He lifts his chin towards the corner of the room, and I turn to see a picture of my mom on the wall, looking saintly and smiling beatifically, holding a little baby Rafe in her arms, their cheeks
open
turning my face back up to his. "She is going to be bummed when she found out that it's
now, and I go to her, letting her wrap me up in her arms too. "I always prayed he had a mate," Luca's mom whispers to me, holding me tight, and a
little, and cups my cheek in her palm, her eyes
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