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wouldn't have to run i

passed over his face. Then, in a

d my waist, dragging

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his hold, to lash out, to hu

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elf relax

went

thickening with something

enough so my lips hovered near h

but I felt the tension in him, the

es

my nails lightly over t

I whisper

tensed, and t

he reaction

sent heat curling in my stomach

g just beneath my ribs. "You're pla

ough my nose.

ibrating against my back.

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re she denied this bond, the

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that would

to make her

that this wasn't a

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ad to be

oked at me like he was alre

t wrapped around me like a dru

deep brea

sed a bro

won't let me go, then

pa

a smirk. "You

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