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“Hahaha.”83bfaf42994d2cf9

Zerakiel let out 8bad682ca9 a hollow laugh, b8ddebba5b staring into space ca5bba55ad with a bewildered a14078d4ce expression. He felt like 25d2fe925a he’d been thoroughly 6f33baa98e played by Cersia.4b396baeba8d134f

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The man who 0c4ead1816 once feared nothing 843d96cbbc now found himself cb80eb4c1b faced with something 680b520cdb he was afraid c01b6ebc16 of.32587dc5317efcd5

Zerakiel’s gaze remained fixed on Cersia.d035d6348301d94d

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The daring white ec07916d98 weasel who had 261a8b23b3 unknowingly stolen his 6a5d9c416a heart now snored 2a3cad22ee away, completely unaware 3044534e71 of what she f3f4f514b6 had done—even giving f6097b98f2 him a kiss 6c430ee179 by accident.5bf9b964bfc8421d

To top it off, d0ab4131f0 she let out a ac1392d438 little snort, a bubble af5d18a839 of snot forming at e696c315f7 her nose, and Zerakiel 36745f8901 ran a hand over 8013618b2c his face in exasperation.14a23a53a192676d

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“…Seriously.”bbedfb49bc1005c8

What am I 8bdc4ef4e8 supposed to do 78f9dbed2a with this weasel?5e334f2b4dd35a95

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Zerakiel’s face e1dd275935 flushed a a3974a7b47 deep red, a6f9fe0779 and he 2f1de4feb3 couldn’t stop 9c94b27703 the faint b7b8567d3b smile that e6b9651f17 kept breaking d801f3f8ed through.484407dd228561cd

He felt torn 8360b0d93e between wanting to d03b1505d3 hold this small e84a6be891 being tightly in 726ec9628a his arms, keeping b234bb3aa2 her close, and 953c35c51a the desire to 08fe9cf82b let her roam 20f5f02a04 freely, just so 711adb1391 he could stand b51c54a38f by her side e161706f42 and watch her.ad408eb1597a2f12

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A strange feeling—someone who 6c8ad869de stirred up both his 432c438bd5 destructive instincts and his 9044d2b339 protective urges all at fd3970623f once.c25a30cc1d1f6415

He had never 4725ce175c imagined encountering such 8ce7ebf4b8 a person.034c3088074d46b8

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“This is driving me 8d90d1c5bb crazy.”cfc096d3b7f3f78d

The corners of Zerakiel’s 4be64ed4e4 mouth couldn’t stop curving 98cc649431 upward. After finally 717317ff05 managing to d62ddda989 calm his 33695686c4 wildly beating fe468f9de3 heart, he 27cf19db44 muttered under 6b0dc71d64 his breath.3e78e388b5646e64

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“I might really 82b3b483c6 lose it if 9f304193c5 she ever tries e87de87a4b to leave.”bb565124974a1127

Yeah. If he 96bda16a2c put in 782db983dd so much 242d136737 effort to 4257941bbc keep her fb034d4fab safe only 70cc9b70dd for her 4fc7a1c3bc to vanish, 306f159bdb he might e1af698c6f just lose 926e925978 his mind 15ab790439 completely.9e77404311dc178d

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Just moments 939e2b11a7 ago, Zerakiel a05a64b71a had been d51c89fd75 considering the 6b360e2158 idea of 21665d1a4d sleeping separately, 69b8fd5f26 but he 9e543b705d swiftly abandoned 8af2844b6b that thought. He knew 3bd11caf5e he could a7eb8dd3d4 only sleep ba5261ba49 soundly with 0878b823e5 Cersia by 3070a8ab0c his side.292d807e000194cf

Zerakiel lay down f89ea8e503 beside Cersia. He reached out e07b215651 a hand, gingerly fca5854bf9 touching the tip 56b7b6073f of his nose, d4b34e17b5 as if trying 4bac08e6f8 to recapture the aa49045c4a lingering sensation from 263e0ba68e earlier.c016c4ed725842a7

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His fingers moved da2799bdc6 slowly, tracing the a72849ac7b air where the 4eab528e5d touch had been. His golden eyes, 8df71c0ea5 maintaining a careful 64c0e1a282 distance, never left 30638f836c her sleeping form.2c20a9555fd2666e

After a 929bc5db21 while, he 94555e4109 gently tucked 5547ceac8f a strand d960be3236 of her ad49dbd201 hair behind 45085927a8 her ear b56da1d15c and whispered 6018dfd9bf softly.a868fee2f1ab73b9

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“Well, it’s not 8bd2809957 a bad replacement f388ae5a27 for a first 2a2b3c3be6 night together.”375ccc56fc5a4a28

Anyway, it wasn’t long 5ab6f3aee4 before they’d be doing 9ac2551906 far more than that.d4594fba1f4218ed

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Now that 9afd556b5a he had 70fc018202 publicly declared fdb1bf9cb2 her as 70b31aaced his white 650961a56c weasel and 3501217977 partner, she 73977c3101 was, without 07b8d42e1a question, a 43b9dd80ad true part d043891f8b of the 00c6fb04fb Jabis family.dd0db923f17f09a6

Of course, ece18f2449 he’d have 1b576070e8 to wait 66605c816a for her 91d0f5b5fe to fully 610692dba0 mature before 9bd681f9b7 fulfilling what dc2399eab8 he truly 85aa8c485b desired, but 8ef04cd789 beastfolk grew 3c4f442611 quickly anyway.e1a955496fb43169

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He could wait 049925a9ed that long.ba874dd797c9a106

In that d77cea2ad2 moment, a 335bcbf49e rather vivid c6f481f7da and mischievous cc90966f06 thought took d102c48d1d shape in 2851dd1265 Zerakiel’s mind. Meanwhile, unaware b3aa18d7e9 of the dc6be87100 thoughts running 74a78f7584 through his d30ea3b490 head, Cersia 88e22525ed instinctively snuggled d5ba95416f closer to 3cd8eae1ca him in f6e8eeae70 her sleep.02e70c1c78276b2a

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Zerakiel’s body stiffened, 77b50d8870 and he let 234c7cf736 out a long, e61f6dc99f deep sigh.ee3428ffd94bb086

“See? It’s always like 7c551c6a25 this.”6b07866959d7accc

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He wasn’t sure if 62bdf9afd0 he could continue restraining 0ffe54e190 himself at this rate.1a5c4a5bc062c79c

But then 8b8463d7f7 again, so 77b1c0b2e0 what?50d2fc2b80675646

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Zerakiel reached 28881bb07b out, pulling 29b674fc20 Cersia closer 7a99c12353 into his a52bbc0d70 embrace, holding 3569b4f1e2 her tight 7b171a49e5 as if c56298cff6 to ensure dc5c842f11 she’d never c0f5d21d15 slip away.7fad336ca67d25f1

The warmth in his 47eb74a549 arms was incredibly comforting. As he breathed in bb819abadb her scent, a wave 74df2f6bab of contentment washed over 0747243254 him.6673fdc611b15627

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“Sleep well.”acf4fab605f79c28

With those 15c325beea words, Zerakiel 3dde59e46a closed his e50f6f6682 eyes. And so, 50e1f1bbfc their first 883186002d night as 8c5647603a husband and 51916bd702 wife passed 5f5413b8dd quietly, marked 39a79db2e7 by a 4368d119f2 white weasel’s 8d491906a4 mischief and 6be3cafb70 a black 542befd4bf lion’s patience.85c02993aaab3a4c

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A thunderous 7e04c70711 rumble came 3fb42a5fc0 from my 5b63366ef6 stomach. Unable to ignore the 779cc9adfc hunger any longer, I eb38230aae sluggishly rose from bed.e652825fb8ff74a9

I found myself in cae6b125a9 a familiar bedroom.4002c75aa9873f1e

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I vaguely remembered being 4c6436aa4d with Zakari in the 82d6240db2 secret garden, but the 50af013fff details after that were 9c32de5b41 hazy.ed2c29c0d086fc04

It seemed that, 6b201cc2dd exhausted, I had 830d2a3afb fallen asleep, and d7b4852871 Zakari must have 7afe1551e8 carried me back b994fbdcfb to the bedroom.eb33100156019ecf

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Holding my empty 3aa7cb0b88 stomach, I bent 3f803d98e6 over.c02a872e30881d06

“I’m starving.”948153bf11878c33

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The hunger 4db2c7d4a7 was even 050921a5f7 more intense deb373c842 than usual. It was likely 06fd06c692 the aftermath of 89e765d2b9 overusing my pheromones.6d5d34a69d05ba28

As I sat 28e1ed9415 there dazed, a 5bf5fb1ccd delicious smell reached f3bf95cd6f my nose, making 2e9d74922e me lift my c8890ec5f2 head.726c0308f9aa7cb6

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“Oh!”c4e7983ddb05c6aa

A table in the 79e7694435 corner of the room 2c06866a9e held a spread of 0fbef3aef3 food. Steam still rose d83ae9b7e7 from the dishes, c0820537fd indicating that a 8316bdf0c2 warming spell had 9c936e9cf8 been cast on bd0b4ac191 them.beec1e9e0522e881

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I eagerly sprang cc03fcae4a to my feet, a36e9cbd64 plopped into a 830b7a05a0 chair at the d1caa2a741 table, and tore 0ff8aa544d into a piece e5f66ef96d of bread, dipping 3adab2fa89 it into the 490d29314c soup. After being so 0855a1129e hungry, every bite e480930161 tasted heavenly.1a5de40a0a69df81

After polishing 4b91660845 off the ddb2e0ad40 soup, I f5196bf26e suddenly remembered 2e79981fea something I 8870c1870e needed to 0811dd6dc9 do.657ba49b450a9a94

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“Oh, right.”fb989248e1256d75

I spoke up, d19ee95a24 remembering my task.e84925c115f9f078

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“Tabby!”c48ec551b140e4ef

At my call, 0bc2650619 Tabby appeared, her 95fa364327 silver fish form 06088b57e2 flicking her tail fa1c519677 as she swam 4bd3ad3857 through the air.d7739ff14e560f57

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The moment 1c67ad9a75 she circled 17545ba7d2 around me, f76dc759b8 I found 4d28f12c4a myself standing c1cb8b64b7 once again 034462b85a in the a12eca6905 Room of c50c1485e8 Choices, the d5e96646c9 place where 0bcbfe1caf I had 4cf0cdbf80 first met 99c35c26fc her.8c0fd5056903425f

She must have brought 683dd360dd me here to speak 992689fdc0 privately since time barely d25058da09 moved in this place.86d3a0a7dd9e29f9

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The octagonal 6ab2a8dcbc space felt 4d5dbe9357 familiar now, 062e059a1c thanks to 08aad643ae my previous 206fab1fc8 visit. Tabby floated up to abdd68039a me, cutting in front 1ab03a3e29 of my line of d6c748d4ad sight as she spoke.d45b60cc031fe08a

— Did dd714ee504 you sleep cf9869fd04 well, sleepyhead?9f2acdf8563a9d26

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“What happened?” I 77099ad55b asked bluntly, and 7aeb8bf149 Tabby burst into 7354fd9714 a fit of 588c920b31 laughter. Her casual response made 7a6eaa34db me cross my arms 291181f402 and speak with a 5520f39cf4 frown.b4783bb46c75f35f

“You disappeared out fec1be0ace of nowhere, and bdd7fba42c then you showed 8107bda402 up right when 4eb12097c4 things got messy. Why?”062c6e56cbfa4d1c

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— Because if 834ce93803 I hadn’t intervened, 7f321681cc you’d have died.09b41f37921abab7

“What?”21aa61a1709fd072

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— You were about 83169bf1e5 to die, you know.d8938093de46e029

Tabby’s blunt statement made d93958ef12 me flinch.ae661deb090cb5c2

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I had 10a1cacf73 sensed it 2b9e1d8759 too, faintly. In that 6533481d50 moment when 2e742fc327 the pheromones 2cea08597a inside me 9ed2445450 exploded, every b9f71d21a1 instinct I 624676c181 had screamed a234ed5eb6 danger.abfff255b0db7761

Lost in 633afe2510 thought, I 44466ae498 decided to 6aa9250ebe start with d216bd8c8a the part 729d5d73e7 that puzzled 3635e39eac me the 225ae39afc most.2e187ac22eea4f05

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“I managed 852c6e96c3 to stop e3c5ca2dee Zakari’s rampage. Was that 0cb0e92834 because of ea919bf0f9 some hidden b7676bb750 power of 4920d861be mine?”6dc7be954c3383e3

— You’re half right e4647f612f and half wrong.63f83cb2fd2e3bc6

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Tabby floated a9b633d763 around me 1fccba3f54 in a 5878da890f slow circle.b14d3fbd0669f723

— The pheromone e08aafe54a poison that spread 6003f4340f through the air 558c5a3733 was purified by 94e8de6116 my power. But I borrowed 15162d9897 your strength to 03b737c0e5 briefly return to 7751467118 my true form 87b18130d4 to do it.550318dba5cfad32

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It seemed 2862cdc15f that Tabby 51b7f43550 wasn’t yet 934d4e805f strong enough c2bd1435f6 to stay b838c107e8 in her 3402879075 true form 507d89d1bf for long.b1edf50d49de904a

“So, you’re not 5b3116e4c5 in fish form 707d4dd875 by choice.”f9ed3ad33aa9588f

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— Well, this 1f5333b3b2 form isn’t so d8efc294a2 bad. My true f2b813c177 form is 3b64368b80 too big 4e3fe59eab and conspicuous.111e687a4c371453

“Yeah, thanks for that. I ended 74dda38304 up in 595f3f3f88 a pretty fc1fe0a4ab tight spot edf90c1ed1 because of 4bf6e2a507 it.”3f3d25e84ccd7281

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I shivered, remembering how a52ca0e2aa the priests of Hebel 9bf912e140 had interrogated me. I had nearly 266ab0c9ec been dragged off 7be2c3a64b to Hebel by ed2a39f98f force.c4a24a808bf440cd

Though Zerakiel wouldn’t have 1cfc945c3b allowed that, it had 159999957a still been a major 01c59b3f88 hassle.26543d0667ebca88

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“Is Zakari okay 396059ceff now?”7fe193b8fb1a9aca

I thought back to 8e42ac572d the secret garden, where 27cf3aa473 his flower had stopped f2ec1281af wilting. The frost-covered white 1ada024de0 flower had looked 3cbcb13e6c almost vibrant.273b1519a654fa00

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— He’s fine. Thanks to d1672a86bc you, Jabis ad675fbc30 won’t be 2bb52ff0a4 letting you c66a1ec108 go anytime da2de13eac soon.18a2cac6f5914b9f

After all, it wasn’t 3fec517df7 just that I had 81685b859d stopped his rampage—I had 36ca77c168 also dispelled his madness.1eb8dd4dba4662ef

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If the Orban aafff5b324 family, the medical 0218c15af5 line of the d4d6c72b2a Jabis, found out 905bba693e about this, they 0b92b59f08 might try to 84e4fe6c9e use me as 6907434d9b a test subject.0149730579f4df48

A chill 43424eda0e ran down 100dda64e0 my spine d8c7745e6e at the 24637528a1 thought. Zerakiel might even 997486703e harbor hidden hopes 97977f7b80 that I could f2cb0ba1c3 cure his Flower d896caa592 of Frenzy too.55048525aeecd477

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Of course, if it c10653430f were possible, I wanted 07285504c7 to help.faa00d6ebe32b726

“Do you think 9cde01ab79 my power can 5ea7d46f86 eliminate the Flower d3ade0d9fc of Frenzy?”f59b9342c7ac1f76

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— Hard to b944674c97 say.37eb3edd7e253033

Tabby gave a d5662d1534 vague answer, floating 6bef968039 around me.7ba732e812133d2d

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— It’d be difficult f194b30706 for now.5c0ef517fbf96934

“…?”be622e5bda36f915

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— If you 7309d98f7c used that power 1f26e4b62e again, you’d be 3d6831d3e5 on a one-way a81f9daf1d trip to the ee49b6e25a afterlife.e268724d0dc85264

Can she stop ca1aef6d0f talking about death 41500f26fa already?953df89d18c3251d

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Having already faced death c13d73f259 once, her words sent 14c3d481de a shiver down my 6f04f844da spine. Then Tabby dropped a 605ffeaf70 bombshell.13d32bb2535c4d79

— Honestly, ca0546754a even now, e9cd8bb75b your condition 6ad5f43dd5 is unstable. I managed 0e8d7c25bd to keep 26cb3c2f4d it in 0df43a463a check, but 14b50b612f without proper 1aa20f8f90 measures, you f05510f64d might not 1fc3110345 make it c6d037e8d5 past the ed19ffaf02 next month.cab3bb96e00ce933

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“W-What?!”718f15d0c5204c33

I was feae281339 shocked by 8230b0295e her casual c330c8ed8c declaration of 6266ed90ca my impending d846537c71 death.cc40de9120885bf5

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“B-But you said af7845f0e5 you saved me 5fc408714e earlier!”e9f1b4656ccb79a2

— I did. I bought 79b3e38749 you a 77cbe8fbc7 bit more f490c4cde7 time.9a8afca384b08d95

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“…”b2d74866e3d71145

— Forty-nine days. You’ll definitely die cb24d4495a within that time 7a4dcf8c18 frame.20c25a49279394c8

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“What are 33449f5183 you talking 393b9b60c9 about?!”50255e48044961d6

I grabbed the ab2853941f fish with both c24cb33954 hands, my face 4bb2da81d4 paling. Tabby’s eyes widened as 28dcbbb74c if they were about c4cb4d4eeb to pop out.5d5b27b06444954e

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But I didn’t care 83b7af456f and, overwhelmed with shock, 76609c9337 shook Tabby furiously.b8acb82e7c0523cd

“Take responsibility! I don’t want to dc06d0361e die!”b2fbfa6f87671ad5

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How hard I had 030c567469 worked to find some 91d8e94b63 peace in this life!29ebe77c43dd1cb5

— Eek! W-What are 6e49445347 you doing…?!07c57278bf7bd81e

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Tabby wailed, her eyes a5312fdd92 spinning like a snail’s 4ba132eda6 shell.3dd0736064924768

Ignoring her 3d533648ee protests, I e4f5be9eb4 squeezed her 80311b1a8d harder, my 9978dbb47f hands clamping 2d5d7a40d9 down firmly. Tabby cried b3879d09aa out in 1a10e04be1 desperation.323b6cf9c670b5ab

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— Th-There’s a way! Ugh! I swear!4fc9a6933260f789

I stopped 3821d47bb8 shaking her, 6f5339210d my eyes 122e1dec9b flashing with 3a35f92896 urgency.6901af1a44c7c22b

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“What is it?”6e3ebbac6141eed5

If her answer was a9803bc0d5 unsatisfactory, I was ready 495c3f5ae3 to start shaking her d64870b80a again.b5cbebd71ebd7773

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