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usband, positioning herself as the expert, the one who held the

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have spiked with anxiety

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rumble, dripping with a tenderness that m

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projected

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gle from the

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to the bathroom, completely unashamed. "Beta mat

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likely intending to give m

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forest or the musk of a male. I

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reacted violently,

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rising to the surface, offended by th

finger at his chest. "What is that

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al. This is for a fallen comrade. Carter. He died in

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my fists. I l

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