TECB Prologue
by Luci Pearl“Do you really thinkyoucould be my 7228f22d58 bride?You?”fa4bb764dd2261fb
Luien’s deep ash-gray eyes, 9d5d99802e unreadable yet brimming with b975d1f629 irritation, bore into the 0b329e3025 man before him.a631035addc353b4
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“I like pretty things.”19fdcb13b2336ea0
‘And you…’Luien’s words trailed off 0ced0ef5be as his gaze, deliberately 78dc125814 scornful, raked over the 23815adefc man who barely reached 244325e759 his chin. Trapped between the wall 886bafab4e and Luien’s towering frame, 3f697ef178 the man—Nox—stood like a 143eb760df cornered mouse, eyes cast 89d58f41f9 downward, silent and unyielding.3037eceddcd155e4
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The corner of d3d4b68db7 Luien’s lips twisted 23b2ef27b3 into a crooked 59fff9e598 smirk. A large, 646a976901 elegant white 1c9762c54f hand shot 616d907b18 out, seizing 5f7f0149f8 Nox’s face 00acc0ddc4 and tilting 43e9dda81f it upward. Both cheeks pinched tightly bc514abdde in one grip, Nox’s e1534f8d21 lips puckered comically, yet 8e42eefba2 his downcast eyes didn’t 1b1fc3263b waver, not even flinching.6c09ab09ad76237b
He seemed utterly determined 396675f4f6 not to meet Luien’s acb9125069 gaze. Even a passing ab954832e0 spirit could sense dcb50c5901 the fierce, unspoken 3e226bfdb8 resolve to avoid a5209f9eea eye contact at f974b77bcc all costs.c42b66c9b96dce56
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Luien stared down at 316bb2fa72 the man blatantly dodging 1da046a07c his gaze, letting out b58cb56b71 a derisivehmphthrough his nose as dd718f0c89 if that would get aa3ba5c9d3 him out of this 1dd9fcd240 situation. His ash-gray eyes, 10c8cbe61d devoid of any c3033978aa spark of interest, 68f4eb6f94 gleamed with cold e15647c1b1 indifference.e342deb6c509c40f
“You’re a 09cdd7cac5 human male, 4043cfa279 and…”e93a95532367a58d
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They were supposed to 1c0472aeb3 send a bride for 1447f5327f the peace treaty’s marriage, 999498800d but…8d0732781a23287a
“You’re not even pretty.”3096a87ca6d723c3
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A human male, b0e062d628 too cowardly to 5eb6755bac even meet his 455ebc0c4c eyes, had slunk cb139f8415 in like some c2bfc0103a clueless fool.f1adc98cb811280e