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“Hahaha.”6186177023f81007

Zerakiel let out a e674a80451 hollow laugh, staring into 25eb119791 space with a bewildered 1e4f228e07 expression. He felt like he’d 26914a8bac been thoroughly played by 7b9342828d Cersia.985f97981b6fe695

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The man who 14754de3b0 once feared nothing 22befeca3a now found himself aeccdf75f4 faced with something da095004aa he was afraid 0963b85cd8 of.ca6c2947caa9f8a3

Zerakiel’s gaze remained fixed on Cersia.467009c109aee3db

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The daring white 2a9da87725 weasel who had 111b2241a4 unknowingly stolen his 7357a22c22 heart now snored e161323dd3 away, completely unaware ef3b841d21 of what she 369359643e had done—even giving 6945ad1485 him a kiss 5d073956fe by accident.eb92b530f9b0f11d

To top it 1cb85850a2 off, she let 81d59075ec out a little 183ea5ffe9 snort, a bubble 9095d2a58d of snot forming 2db7e6fbb5 at her nose, 3d7fa08008 and Zerakiel ran 0f50ffef05 a hand over 0d6e5171fc his face in 4861ad32ff exasperation.bd2efb4c7ebda7ce

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“…Seriously.”fc6825bc1bcb8c0a

What am I supposed 4d03ead717 to do with this 95839b7bad weasel?23c762a17181a8ad

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Zerakiel’s face flushed a 52b2f505b5 deep red, and he 258a877540 couldn’t stop the faint 087e7ede4e smile that kept breaking 1e5996cd60 through.72c8bf8f7c1e7859

He felt a32ca630ea torn between e8d981546e wanting to 46a0e2f497 hold this 5611b0d84a small being 39ae236f7c tightly in cfcf5c9569 his arms, 60914ee533 keeping her 10588c56b9 close, and f351129018 the desire ffd719670c to let a9219fa785 her roam 0fd5a2d0f6 freely, just c7bb5af7a2 so he 032fa0ddc8 could stand ea4a5951ea by her 146278fe62 side and 65176ad551 watch her.f2359dedd8013732

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A strange feeling—someone who d480464ef2 stirred up both his 6d123bcb11 destructive instincts and his 36c9f6c754 protective urges all at ca983a5071 once.1481fdbbd3f1863f

He had c558fb7b3d never imagined ea70ccb358 encountering such d6b37068b2 a person.92b93daa35ba12c7

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“This is e5125b938f driving me d78a86f102 crazy.”3b1bb402c31c8536

The corners of 7e4635206a Zerakiel’s mouth couldn’t d01234682a stop curving upward. After finally managing 5cabded48c to calm his 0c02234c14 wildly beating heart, 004a27121e he muttered under 7c6a27d5ef his breath.fa595de5fe487a13

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“I might cbc626ee42 really lose 682a228cfc it if 88e94b4ac3 she ever b4aef8d5f4 tries to 63e067178c leave.”37b6192feb4e01c2

Yeah. If he cade236672 put in cdac8bca6f so much 3633aa1d49 effort to 779fe83b83 keep her 266d9f2b0c safe only fc652478e1 for her 8902af8cd0 to vanish, 00d5e828c1 he might 734ccb56ad just lose a68ef3aef7 his mind 1c286cd35f completely.839a2564461f8eed

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Just moments 9e7ad6c20b ago, Zerakiel 9e51fae081 had been 21debcc528 considering the 754c700656 idea of f878f78e1e sleeping separately, 07c8634470 but he 99a97ccea3 swiftly abandoned 182cc0bf3b that thought. He knew he could 596c378c4c only sleep soundly with b2ce047bfe Cersia by his side.fda22105d9732392

Zerakiel lay down 94a18f9d8f beside Cersia. He reached out cf0a8de10f a hand, gingerly 7c4033ca0e touching the tip 0f0d7c2d66 of his nose, 331ecb5092 as if trying 3daca50fe4 to recapture the 320c25aba2 lingering sensation from bff8cba962 earlier.279db36cebd64eb8

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His fingers moved slowly, 30ca29a757 tracing the air where 07e7356ac1 the touch had been. His golden eyes, a38f47e38f maintaining a careful ac963dfc3f distance, never left 1eebf30ef7 her sleeping form.275c9d78fe7a51cb

After a while, he 085b4d9ee6 gently tucked a strand 70df011433 of her hair behind a134a696ea her ear and whispered f448e25960 softly.1fd339ef2d15755c

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“Well, it’s b3e30a39c1 not a 187bef5c9c bad replacement 16f451afd8 for a bcfc288d61 first night da3159bff1 together.”aae7551dcb0625b4

Anyway, it wasn’t 758e9c5159 long before they’d fc853b69e0 be doing far 70e7e8fb45 more than that.6d8eaebe1161d6a4

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Now that he had 1602278845 publicly declared her as add3cbe853 his white weasel and b4b91b062d partner, she was, without cc5781c7b4 question, a true part 81b86c0a1a of the Jabis family.b53544d6af3bd51f

Of course, 6351eee554 he’d have e23f8b1811 to wait c6e1ed4660 for her b89af15160 to fully 97a727d745 mature before 354507fde8 fulfilling what 923e9fbf18 he truly c5e49ea9d3 desired, but 2d660427b4 beastfolk grew 25b48fddfd quickly anyway.e477324fa82c4a3d

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He could wait 6dd02fecbf that long.da097015c643013a

In that moment, a 6018ab51cc rather vivid and mischievous 078a92a99e thought took shape in 4f604dc772 Zerakiel’s mind. Meanwhile, unaware of the a505da53d0 thoughts running through his 893e467795 head, Cersia instinctively snuggled d259a93b98 closer to him in bde622fcc4 her sleep.f276af894fd24c3b

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Zerakiel’s body stiffened, and c70e3063af he let out a de5aae34a7 long, deep sigh.8e83ef0d04a0c6ea

“See? It’s always like 6dcf4023c1 this.”1e4b733907def5b6

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He wasn’t 50ee008691 sure if cf5629eef6 he could bbbecc07d5 continue restraining de627ec7f2 himself at 3855f96831 this rate.6e7de538a0641917

But then again, dc82dfe049 so what?1a38720af59ebf5e

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Zerakiel reached out, 9b6f4ea306 pulling Cersia closer 1f79c63119 into his embrace, 509bf10fde holding her tight da23d87827 as if to f152c00f42 ensure she’d never 620c669249 slip away.42da46ab602e190d

The warmth in b0a4ae3048 his arms was 7e2791327e incredibly comforting. As he breathed 22f8aeef68 in her scent, a846b568da a wave of 1958e8cf90 contentment washed over 7220e687c8 him.f038e3fcead2ccfa

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“Sleep well.”ea5dc1f20b6d61c5

With those words, e4e7f91f58 Zerakiel closed his 5010f97983 eyes. And so, their first 7e8d0e08f5 night as husband and 7be29ed0bf wife passed quietly, marked 2184b0d932 by a white weasel’s 4725d3cd86 mischief and a black a5a87050e9 lion’s patience.1b8f2543776e2671

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Grrrrroooowl.67adc861e9e748e9

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A thunderous d6d4722485 rumble came 1c792dbb13 from my 070ce0fe87 stomach. Unable to e75bc8b5e6 ignore the 43ec75746a hunger any 8c6f4847f9 longer, I 175d20c7e1 sluggishly rose 4652b81bc6 from bed.c51f360918a3ca8e

I found myself in 670f9381e0 a familiar bedroom.21a2f2fd66bf3b67

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I vaguely 97fb3707aa remembered being 3ac2d73373 with Zakari 8594c7861f in the 1f6fa654ab secret garden, b37e012bad but the a00d1bd7cc details after d815176070 that were 7c9b94f5bc hazy.905e34a63f22ed49

It seemed 43747fdf77 that, exhausted, 64c03ed35c I had 767cfb36bf fallen asleep, 9787b49196 and Zakari 5cf0ebd98f must have 40a160ad43 carried me 1b60de2ca1 back to baeeb01942 the bedroom.66288998d8a01c2b

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Holding my empty stomach, 9400ebd193 I bent over.81e7922d758801a7

“I’m starving.”4e64b2ab2699eec7

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The hunger was even 1fe59c9072 more intense than usual. It was likely the a7a753f1ac aftermath of overusing my 42d10107d6 pheromones.7132f14e1ee921bf

As I sat there 7673444f29 dazed, a delicious smell a87a169e8b reached my nose, making 7a5ffb050e me lift my head.b65ed7aaf23162e8

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“Oh!”5d6d129c9649955a

A table e29006bd42 in the 16b43dabe0 corner of d00d620afd the room 1b4a441829 held a c888a7c97a spread of fd6bacb214 food. Steam still 42aadcf9ac rose from bb7b9e9d7d the dishes, bb5248bd6d indicating that 95ff4a2d8e a warming 3b0f942ab5 spell had fde21c9d3b been cast 90abb5f0ea on them.11fe2e2ca4a536d1

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I eagerly sprang 457c823775 to my feet, aa7cb4cf3d plopped into a f1a32ba64d chair at the 79bfd0371a table, and tore c64df5d07f into a piece e6a52cdb59 of bread, dipping cde757c322 it into the b62e242a37 soup. After being so 59118179eb hungry, every bite 913a3ffdd5 tasted heavenly.3647d89ad68a3243

After polishing off b3a5a45ef8 the soup, I 9051f008d8 suddenly remembered something 023ac4ed06 I needed to 004a769a75 do.eccb8167b7cb83f4

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“Oh, right.”0055b0ec4d0fb933

I spoke up, c8fcc7c630 remembering my task.0df5e67bd10bf043

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“Tabby!”7c5fe1ca3c189dcb

At my 41f78d3147 call, Tabby 3347c13bfe appeared, her 199f0baba3 silver fish 2e95abf567 form flicking 2e5ae8e85b her tail 2ac2af729f as she ce3c0f7e95 swam through a6733a5992 the air.2c2be76632f0f6d9

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The moment she af6b329bdd circled around me, 74c95256b5 I found myself d7cd4d2ce8 standing once again 12b96f2b9f in the Room 55a507df9d of Choices, the 97f10bbc51 place where I 22c5546748 had first met 23e8226a2b her.18f31a60001bb455

She must have f77cadf1d0 brought me here 5d66767932 to speak privately 0f301f353e since time barely 97759fc1e0 moved in this a53e40e2ee place.9195c7840015d46e

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The octagonal space 5cf90a3b83 felt familiar now, 1a93bbc233 thanks to my 2fcaa750f4 previous visit. Tabby floated up to d9ea5f2fff me, cutting in front c399a3b409 of my line of c550c564eb sight as she spoke.23c9eabc41340606

— Did 2a586d73f0 you sleep 939991a855 well, sleepyhead?3784495e025199e1

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“What happened?” I 62ec7728d9 asked bluntly, and 85e11113c2 Tabby burst into 7d501504e0 a fit of 1e3965ec0d laughter. Her casual response 561ede3b9e made me cross d3d106cb7e my arms and fbe1f1c9c8 speak with a 5d1840e368 frown.e7638dfcf1763a50

“You disappeared out of 245f780e8e nowhere, and then you 2960c50431 showed up right when 4532b2bb78 things got messy. Why?”c1da707181a20eb2

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— Because if 505c0e663e I hadn’t intervened, 05328b4ebd you’d have died.fb9e8b2f51849aa1

“What?”801a2ff9d57ace7a

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— You d411a13ff3 were about 7b55297582 to die, 0f3e030f93 you know.62442b8f4dbb0f4b

Tabby’s blunt statement made 7809d60e1c me flinch.ebb22ca542e0bd2a

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I had sensed 8cf35796c3 it too, faintly. In that moment d74f6ffc43 when the pheromones 1f3dc98820 inside me exploded, d33c581acf every instinct I ce3778b5ee had screamed danger.7d66bd098a151358

Lost in thought, I 3ecd9efa85 decided to start with d3ab90b7f7 the part that puzzled 2a8822ca12 me the most.695616642ccdc4ae

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“I managed d911be7afc to stop 9047bf214b Zakari’s rampage. Was that because c4a7a8f894 of some hidden b6b939804c power of mine?”6a2b4074f5025a31

— You’re half right 2556029b07 and half wrong.55f084e80dc1ead8

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Tabby floated 95afbd1180 around me 2e69d742e2 in a 1a7f3a5c2e slow circle.b933909706861465

— The pheromone poison edac96269a that spread through the ef39b11d76 air was purified by 5237300ed6 my power. But I 579a454597 borrowed your f049874a30 strength to e905103dca briefly return 2ffc7af121 to my 9d42d0bb90 true form 0bf1142497 to do 419ea4f4c9 it.7198546b708c16fa

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It seemed 374e929fca that Tabby 02dcd5b8d9 wasn’t yet 30b28326b2 strong enough 164d161f76 to stay b9febcbc6b in her b75354b77c true form da59a799d7 for long.f49aee090b98fe15

“So, you’re not in 3d61fed066 fish form by choice.”a8763c4249d03b67

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— Well, this 3b3ef33cb9 form isn’t so 67344a1197 bad. My true form 0af6979d65 is too big 75580921fc and conspicuous.5fefaf9ee109d2c9

“Yeah, thanks for c2503d1c0b that. I ended 755dafe039 up in 7dfba4d1c7 a pretty 4f69ab002e tight spot 1f162bc629 because of 7375d2e735 it.”7334ad35436fc7d1

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I shivered, 5e112ec25c remembering how bf8ee47e43 the priests 638c7945ef of Hebel 3abc56227f had interrogated f678981546 me. I had 7b7ab2bde7 nearly been 26c1e50a68 dragged off 28aba97b62 to Hebel 9c7f85ed9b by force.ba55efd603a5aa49

Though Zerakiel wouldn’t have 5b7764edc9 allowed that, it had 5f08be7c86 still been a major 7bdf37f657 hassle.6037ba271a662ddf

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“Is Zakari 3d5fcf32bd okay now?”bde5ac3c40447cbe

I thought a197352c5b back to 8381747609 the secret a8718025b1 garden, where 9bf5a553df his flower 76ead02da7 had stopped 2756f513f2 wilting. The frost-covered 2755bdcbda white flower 398e1fb4e5 had looked 93ad0d4d08 almost vibrant.5c1da6303272b040

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— He’s fine. Thanks to bad860e844 you, Jabis f23efb8417 won’t be 89134e1315 letting you 790d924d87 go anytime b290205b46 soon.385f163a445fcf48

After all, it wasn’t ef6ff78e02 just that I had e861cbc3ea stopped his rampage—I had 91f9d0c1cf also dispelled his madness.5bdf9b41f2fc61e2

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If the 3d7896d723 Orban family, d87df009fb the medical e9657047ff line of 7f8d9cbf6a the Jabis, d604435522 found out 75f798a1b6 about this, 0446546554 they might 57d99fbeda try to b776e617e7 use me 0be6b9aedd as a 43ee47c871 test subject.db1cd5d913f65af8

A chill ran down 1ee10f3d56 my spine at the 04c7b019f3 thought. Zerakiel might even 7b53e5f5d1 harbor hidden hopes ac92cb1f56 that I could a595023e92 cure his Flower 7c8219e48e of Frenzy too.d7f8878d621c6c5b

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Of course, if it 3406dca897 were possible, I wanted 26b7ccaac1 to help.8ef67ec2275ee10f

“Do you think a4a852a0b1 my power can 3ae48b813e eliminate the Flower f9493fdebe of Frenzy?”4900b01714329fec

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— Hard to 3d9112fec0 say.7fc5bd608a243301

Tabby gave a vague 30e150cc5e answer, floating around me.8eadd63bf174fc15

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— It’d 4dcc5b00aa be difficult ce4a0f2d03 for now.07a3477bff3da169

“…?”0daa6bba8f71208b

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— If c6564a7c03 you used 71f64dcc6a that power 8ab8676692 again, you’d cfd09304fa be on 71c5955f5b a one-way c39940815a trip to 1d2a0080b0 the afterlife.b7bf5fb9cba88515

Can she a20496168f stop talking 3d182d1168 about death abfe048022 already?a978187ab53fa281

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Having already 9f4f685c8f faced death 6239801b97 once, her 5d75c7fd9b words sent 81dd122d8c a shiver 190122befa down my 6b20ead678 spine. Then Tabby dropped a ab95e4a1c2 bombshell.337fc7e6447636f1

— Honestly, even 071a1c5404 now, your condition 7c0c7b7e3c is unstable. I managed to keep a034e8c240 it in check, but a00340e472 without proper measures, you d4318c8632 might not make it f05f50fac3 past the next month.9f4c4715b42e09c9

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“W-What?!”baf066bc541edd08

I was shocked 2086e95462 by her casual a847cde19e declaration of my 8f605fee83 impending death.1dbaa9b4f09b8481

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“B-But you 7bcca79146 said you 7c53676d84 saved me 8fe857b3a2 earlier!”5f4fcd669aabe722

— I did. I bought you 03393cf03d a bit more 5de226ebfb time.1057d4025555339a

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“…”9f35b9cc980f90f7

— Forty-nine days. You’ll definitely die 7e94d67c11 within that time 97d19c9628 frame.7393a82dd9d9c649

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“What are you 9471f253ad talking about?!”98a7e8d515b375e7

I grabbed 7ac1468720 the fish 64b814eaa9 with both 5ac1fbf24e hands, my 9bd0a93fb1 face paling. Tabby’s eyes widened as 4d575420e0 if they were about 19dfe5f85f to pop out.c877b6ae7cdedcdd

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But I didn’t care 382be810f7 and, overwhelmed with shock, b7c162704e shook Tabby furiously.f0c9ccd0964088a2

“Take responsibility! I don’t 88fea70253 want to 82e34c373c die!”0e7ed2dd1a807e4d

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How hard I eb330a14f5 had worked to 5d571b004f find some peace f55df2d996 in this life!b26f844aca68dd1d

— Eek! W-What are you f59810b45e doing…?!344fa025524db09f

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Tabby wailed, 3c642ff7b1 her eyes e98e644fef spinning like cadb8eefa4 a snail’s d694794a2d shell.f6ffa15d2b4e0358

Ignoring her protests, I c3bf808502 squeezed her harder, my 34245f9c40 hands clamping down firmly. Tabby cried out in aa1a6363a8 desperation.48832b1b037049da

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— Th-There’s a way! Ugh! I swear!c01f0ecc681a545e

I stopped 4461d9055d shaking her, 4b6f666330 my eyes 176a7d7b4e flashing with fc29b5fd2c urgency.d8b1c963074353e0

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“What is it?”93e1c5eee99e9d89

If her 7ec2100b55 answer was db90d2cf4d unsatisfactory, I 00eb17c17c was ready 5d33969a32 to start 4a6583545e shaking her 8c5421f98c again.d61e9c5e63b52d37

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