And Nora could see that conflict in Jack's expression, hear it in his voice. And it was charming, it really was. But it wasn't quite the thing. Not when Andrei was here and he still needed to learn.

Not when he'd been given orders of his own.

Andrei, for his part, positioned himself between Jack's legs as requested, slowly easing onto his stomach, but he didn't do any more without Nora's approval of the suggestion.

"Give him a suggestion to start, at least," she murmured.