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e clung to his scent, so

and Kael's tall frame

uniform, his posture

lickered in his dark eyes.

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for you,

smi

pull me into an embrace. "Waiting for me? My l

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evasion. "I told you, the border. So

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me, his eye

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me, and I

ur bond was his

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f. "The perfume on you or th

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color remaine