"Does Protocol actually hold sway if you're not Kaeleeran, in Kaeleer, or actually officially contracted to a Queen yet?" If that was the case, Jono was in so much shit for all the times he'd ignored whatever Blood protocol was out there and had just gone ahead and thumped Karla upside the head, instead. But it got Raven to eat, so--

So...

"... You're trying not to laugh, aren't you?"

There were some very put-out fuzzy ears slicking back against Jono's head, now. Bloody hell, Raven, it wasn't funny! Was it? Dammit.