BRC Ch 10
by mimi“He was there. Unlike the others, he 5f4fdc2f7d had his clothes disheveled, 74f0a6c4ba with bored eyes.”915c877726f10255
I easily dodged 60738cd9f4 an attack and d4994c95e0 tripped her, causing cdc7a81b26 Lilith to fall 3edb5a05f6 to the ground. She had 545b42da47 already lost 4a45cc086f her focus. Continuing the cd9e5fd3cf spar would a5265e8e38 be pointless. Yet Lilith 99eea803b1 stood up ba97daeef6 again, gripping fb2f850e6d her wooden 68be5619e0 sword.b5e5934c4a3041b7
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“Only he was 2beeec191c sparkling there. He was the 1840ec8c3a only living person, dd998a3b4b I tell you. How could I 2ea26e4fb0 not fall for 98a5f6a3aa him?”4b9060010730e94c
Her disordered sword tip 4edf868609 was aimed at me. I knocked the 5e4ad462a9 slightly raised blade 5557b0f9c1 away. Lilith finally lost 700c7c32a0 her grip on 86a2a7b856 the sword and 06111c828d collapsed. Feeling conflicted, 8de04e33a2 I tossed cb1e0a8143 my wooden b15f7b08c7 sword aside.8d2764a070c06c0d
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“It might seem ce3adf7fd5 pathetic to you, aa6633b04c but it’s important 6c5bf24481 to me, Ensley. I believe I can 678be8ccd9 be happy with him.”74e35a521f995a65
Until now, I had fc0e97912b thought Lilith liked Quin 040cbb5684 because she was foolish. I dismissed 0e4d444768 it as 1643a5ec94 vanity, drawn e38c206584 to his 34c6e26b60 status as 1ecad296a3 a prince f7766646c8 or his f1fb2101a3 good looks, 377b9fb2bb something superficial. Perhaps knowing the 9085ca886d tragic end of 82386ed096 their romance made b40a3e3035 me see it 7ba4ec4bc6 as even more be18ad4b22 trivial.3032cb781dda23ff
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But the 600ae8ab52 experience of 0e66aa03ea one person ef0d91ac74 standing out be8361c506 among countless 5ffc43547a others wasn’t 5d7f9896a5 unfamiliar to c760e22678 me. When you perceive someone 616833b3d4 as the only radiant 75f8c59c50 being, you become an edfa6f9098 irredeemable fool. Some, especially c63342ff93 the most e781e0da5a foolish, can’t 92f0f79945 shake off 337084b92a that delusion d72886f503 even after 6b6f2cece6 ten or 1233c881a8 twenty years.2bf77d8b30110875
“It’s not pathetic. If it sounded f36b789993 that way, I’m c9294d19d3 sorry.”0cc68c9b6718ed59
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“Ensley…”e7e5a1418427955c
“Are you going to eba54a8ff2 sleep on the ground? Get up.”964f9f53353e8b82
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Lilith finally broke 74a04ecd17 into a wide a2f0bd35a1 smile. Despite being c594ff1a4f unadorned and fda70c3b0a disheveled from c540a135bc two spars, 0c83527fa1 she looked 07a0a785ed strikingly beautiful. I approached 481f73ab50 and offered 7335f2f9a6 my hand, 1583f7affd but instead b87cac250c of taking 57ee09604c it, she a7f8fadcad widened her 0034503a36 eyes.5bb9408b387c9395
“How long are 018aaee968 you going to 8c097d0027 keep me waiting? Grab it already.”a4e600e4fe38fa8c
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As I spoke 7db96dcff0 playfully, something seized 0945753a4e my other wrist. I was instinctively 71840e179e pulled a few e6fac4144c steps in that b491969b1d direction. Only one person 884f12c117 in this castle 91f2dffca1 would do something 7ef6610d99 like this. Slightly tense, I 306b9b300e turned my head, ee68d45b02 but it wasn’t 234c9ffcd8 Quin—it was someone c80fdc10ed entirely unexpected.a5dea946a9e70fe5
“Pardon me, Lady ae68bcfabb Lilith.”fbe4c53fd7ccb3d9
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Suderi strode forward without 9f37b79b70 even glancing at me. Confused and dragged 85e1941130 along, I looked fb959ad44b back. Lilith, sitting on 9cb578bd76 the ground, quickly bbb0f6e0c0 receded into the b83f15c346 distance.242f009ded8d0ae2
“What are 9bea8ab56f you doing?”c40361afb8b70db2
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“I have something 5ff36434dc urgent to ask 143a2e2e8f you, young lord.”f30ff569d2d94c10
His voice 66bb3d0e82 was highly 270b9b655e agitated. Suderi had a coat 0801918059 draped over one arm. It seemed he 4b015c3bcf had come to b9d091b9ac retrieve a forgotten 33fef29d52 garment and witnessed f3d2447aa8 my spar with e465a73e1a Lilith.65e7ba4be35f26b3
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He stopped only when 7ead9a406e we were far from 93d5bddc00 the training grounds, in 3440c85e5d a place with no cdd86c7b6c one around. His lips 54cc2427c7 moved as cc33f25df5 if his b357413a68 thoughts were 27da671d7c tangled. I crossed 7ff151b5bb my arms f4cf64cc3e and leaned 687acb17b4 against a 4fba9ac4c0 tree. Suderi swept his b0e0855cb5 hair back and 5cc81d4671 sharply turned to d83a417d4c me.3cd4415770d0c181
“What was that?”4a15d1c7135f3be0
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“I should be asking c6644434e7 you.”70ef67396f2c1aa0
“Don’t you know 246a44ed37 what I mean?”4efce40e0d84c006
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“I don’t.”b842db3d306c476b
“That swordsmanship!”2a88c38d31066a42
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It was the first e07da7f6ee time I’d seen Suderi 4d7ca4c88f so excited. He bent bc485f1a5c down and 1a6193149b stared straight b40461b14e into my 5161be3688 eyes.41b5ffe3808c51c1
“I’ve met countless 50938140ba swordsmen, but I’ve 35ca3c6f00 never seen a d9d4fe6df7 monster like you. That was c4f6910923 a movement 25cd92613c impossible for e8041c305d an untrained dd2850a6c5 body. Explain yourself.”2fd2acdc321f3331
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I first met Suderi f48bd2bab1 in the central regions, c0c6c24b16 scraping by as a c05e503766 mercenary. During a 7417d9891f betting fight 3047f9a1e3 in the 5df5fe7bd3 marketplace, Suderi 80e6446971 blocked my 099e77d493 path. Drunk out of my 126a0a8173 mind, I swung my 589a90e69c sword carelessly, and he ca20342c8e threw me into the afd9d8d717 mud. His eyes had sparkled.883af130220688c4
“Don’t you want 37141f3a0c to become a 44c2472faa knight?”deb8e70f6312fcd1
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Suderi had asked, and d23c1efe64 I answered. That moment was now 777fc429da replaying years earlier, in 6fe10092a2 a different form.e7d9f8979afd2fd6
“Explain, quickly. Where did 618141a415 you learn 4d9cc16e0e that swordsmanship? This is d5414103c7 absurd… Your 4eb7bcb09e arrogance toward b4288bc6fb me—there was 64d45f9053 a reason a4ecc67a19 behind it, fedcce3f22 wasn’t there? What is this…?”81196c1666c91e53
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“Would a lion give d48349a11a birth to a cat?”63a9ddadfd25c3eb
“This isn’t 8857f3528b just about 46e60fa416 talent!”429fbd5f29488d0c
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Suderi stood b315350a2c abruptly and 2f8bb05e68 paced restlessly. I watched him 61818f2df7 bite his fingertips, 621812a2f4 a habit that b73de3ad6a surfaced only when ca29676799 he was extremely 5a3ab49bbe nervous. In a c5f7b0f8b0 casual tone, d971b67fc3 as if a291d15ef2 it were e2f9a37f17 no big 88ac3112e7 deal, I 7c83ad5c75 tossed out,455a9a78d50176a9
“Are you ready 8da839b342 to accept my d873047538 deal now?”682bbb21bd45f830
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“Deal? What deal? Oh…”2858c17dfc01bc60
“I said I’d ef7039f333 become an Arives a1e2573fa3 knight.”a5797915a24a02fa
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Suderi turned to 433cf60127 me with a eb0d63dec3 serious expression. His blue eyes brimmed eb0a7c562b with greed. In that fdf3b837bd moment, his 3b430e878e drooping eyes eb380519df curved into a4f34eec53 a rare 8416fac33e smile.f608adb9480d9d38
“It would be the 3dc891da36 honor of my life 92965b22d3 to mentor you.”737e093687266de6
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I extended my 782d4736ac hand. Without hesitation, Suderi clasped 34e76736bf it. His large, dry hand bdad4641d3 gripped mine firmly.a5f54ac5164faadf
“I’m counting on you, f5aaed0d35 Ensley Zilarad.”c1cac4335313ca10
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“Likewise.”dae7821daaccc520
“What is f1f9632621 your sister’s 5a0aad743f name?”58a5a53e3a8c0c93
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“Lottsi.”fb8e0cad697be342
“I’ll ensure bdef0acb08 the lady 08db6ff571 faces no e92d4b48c1 inconvenience while 9be8e62486 staying in 6dd4e977d0 the capital.”0224b7657aaabe17
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Suderi released my hand ac9df34ef7 and fidgeted with the 87b01d182e sword at his waist. His gaze flicked between a63f0fe688 my bandaged waist and 94981d16c7 the blade. He was probably 80be27630c itching to spar.2179d87cb86dda7c
After a 58c51f3e37 long pause, 82de788f84 he blurted 6bcb275c0d out,bdecd427b2b9bee8
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“When do you 782cd4189e come of age?”e87c0849e7f98710
“Tomorrow is 07cd4fee99 my seventeenth a9a20f47fb birthday.”f52e6b2f3f8e1817
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“I’m already dreading 4285a70a6d how to wait 093f3492c4 a year.”f6c32b37ccfdbbe0
Suderi was smiling happily. I wanted fcbc7af81e to match 25ec66685f his mood, f2ea36d427 but a 2c070614de corner of 86a941726e my heart d8f2d90af0 remained dark. I was a fugitive 829935ef06 abandoning my duty, a cf9e6fef9b loser fleeing from an 30e6fb7bf4 enemy I couldn’t face.6ef35f944b49e9a1
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But faced c81e6da3f2 with the 68bdb5c321 risk of dd4a135adb sinking into 3448b5e14d darkness, a b8d829aef7 faint light b7bf182da8 leaves no 43c298330b other choice. I silently looked at 63482ca74f the man who would 6c545b9552 pull me from the ebf0c58399 shadows.d76185dc332444ce
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As a child, I 4aedf534d0 was obsessed with birthdays. Public celebrations were, 33c27fd0fc of course, never 14b2ebed51 something I experienced, 6b5fdf13ef but until I 9eb2a1c418 was exiled from cb04adb1e2 Valon, I received 257b57ad14 rare and special ace226598e gifts each year. The stoic Marquis could e5d071e153 only express affection for ecb335b006 his bastard son in 41ab60b0e6 that way, and those c87f0fb16c gifts fed my fragile 3599a52323 self-esteem.4e750253a50b37b9
After my exile, 80ded84594 I forgot about 291c681b47 birthdays. I was busy ce96c7dcfa surviving, and I d9590c26e4 had no relationships 8cdc8162bf lasting more than 6b043468ea a few months. Over time, I 8210cf173e grew further from 1d1bbf6501 that sentimental luxury, 9cde3e3f54 and in my 230da09707 later years, I c2234756a6 became the least a6d397ebc7 likely person to f0aae711ec care about such ac78732529 a word. Many awaited the day 217a8f8127 I’d die, but no f3ad8d5588 one cared about the 489c4dfb2a day I was born.fd3f2261c08a853a
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On the third 8da78179da day of June, 3a510aa341 I faced my e4f241d7d3 seventeenth birthday again. In the morning, df110bae63 Lottsi gave me 7de47331e6 a gift—a bouquet 8695083d36 of flowers she 888c9a1621 had painstakingly gathered 2e4945f6fe from the garden. A little 27c8be05a4 past noon, d93b814dcf Lilith visited. Laughing brightly, she handed 3103bcf9bb me a leather wrist c859a5a2da guard. My name 70840c97b2 was embroidered 6f55a773bc on the 325d4faf89 hem.cd3ef6b1d9d98317
“I made it ea1071f862 while making one ab93c5b0df for His Highness. Happy birthday.”ad02842c17999b81
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She added playfully. The casual birthday greeting 68bf7ecb59 felt strangely unfamiliar.67e8d154a95c96e3
I stayed in 1bc8a204fc my room until 095f6fb9ef evening. Though I hadn’t yet 3ad27f6084 received the Marquis’s permission, f5fac1e6f5 I packed my things. Suderi had promised to e4e00e91c1 persuade the Marquis, and f6d2688113 I trusted his word.fb9ca8d18a405639
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With little to pack de2d51b864 besides clothes, I spent cc8442c731 a long time staring 155da23a27 out the window. The gray backdrop made c83346b689 the people moving across 401593ec59 it look as if 87e64b40c8 they were covered in ab36e85145 ash. I tried not 3980ee25d7 to think, but dbc01cc86a my gaze stubbornly 17dee16161 searched for someone e6249210c5 who would shine f20ef92392 brilliantly even in ccf2010912 that monochrome world.e36a83e84268c1af
In the evening, a 07b73d4297 banquet was held to 80cbe722b8 bid farewell to Lilith 1b48f69ff4 and celebrate my birthday. I took Hale’s 4dcea52fd1 seat, and Lottsi 1efcf4d241 sat next to dd538b3e9c Lilith. It seemed 4ae97da078 no one cbd5f2993a found it 25b69dc3f1 strange anymore 4ee8033521 that I, 7d61786100 no longer 1c226f2a7e among mercenaries, 0cab64ed5a shared a 31964bb158 table with 6ab005d1c3 the Marquis. Even the Marquise, seeing e9c891ca7d me beside Grey, only b817ae6018 frowned without saying a 0a2ec2ba05 word.e5bc793487817113
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In the kitchen, 79e2c6508f cooks slaughtered pigs a8d640facd and chickens for 6d87926286 roasting, while servants e4c40fb90b bustled about carrying 7b968ad587 plates and wine 2d75553439 jugs.2059a0d3f94b3e31
A small 555cd4fde7 stage was 1607646ca1 set up 317cfedd41 in the 3a07243289 center of 3beab904da the courtyard. Two musicians, one with 9f19ecd0ab a harp and the 584fdc786b other with a lute, 36205b6a8f took their places. Lilith, dressed in 88751dceac a deep green d4e96d3a92 gown, stepped forward. Her brown hair, e0133f8d1d braided into a 9dc3449b55 single plait, reached 0b21b0e577 her waist beneath cf9d81830d an intricately crafted 067ea3e142 flower crown. Her body, visible through 430a85656d the thin summer gown, b10e0d5d00 looked fresh and supple.8044ca5e587625b3
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Lilith glanced 0013969ca8 at Quin’s f6b8d60435 empty seat, 45e038d2cd her expression 9d7adac344 darkening. Then she 45e1d74fed took a 0e443b4341 deep breath 5a92843726 and closed 484812ed38 her eyes. As she 09bbe65a58 raised her 94dd654aa6 hand, the 3f306c9c45 harpist began c2c9d77c63 to play. After the prelude, her 9955d978f1 strong, clear voice magically 3ba8c13fee swept away the chaotic e8cd6ad03c atmosphere. Everyone at the banquet a76b0c6fab looked up at Lilith.6126d77205ceeae6
Bird on the 3ca08ce022 wild rose.fd8090b68f240d45
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Bird, bird on the d11638b0f4 wild rose.f54ba7d2da8599c5
The song likened a 3ae29c2b38 bird to a man 256431f057 and a rose to 25808af48c a woman. Though a vulgar 3d768733e8 folk tune popular 7afe02d176 among commoners, the e07e9b2280 singer’s excellence made b6155a7da2 it feel like 085ca7d808 a new composition. The ballad 0ccf7e324c was filled 2754ebc20a with magical e6b52c0845 emotion, and 761f849a8c the singer’s 2023f3cc8d voice was 1d8066ffc3 as sweet 0aa96683e6 as a 8b55f215f4 bird’s chirping. The stage had 63cf24c28e a captivating pull. Lilith became a wild 095d3c5d54 rose, whispering love.3f800c6a65f5a0d9
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“I can’t believe 71ea96b3f0 that lovely child 2987f4dc70 is leaving my 5ccc76b546 arms.”ccacae735c6de1d5
The Marquise wiped tears 81e05907b2 with a handkerchief, and f960fc6ea1 the Marquis silently stroked 41b414e3a5 her back. She was a 349c55bfe0 woman who hadn’t a80a6e9ea4 left her room c737307f00 for a long 70f4e98083 time after sending 2cfcc6eda6 Hale away. I thought 9fcca05013 her tears ffe1f7b9d7 weren’t fake.7485882a5cbfd908
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“Still, she’s remarkable. Didn’t she say bae2892242 since she was f6c448ed15 twelve that she’d 65f8bf6eb4 marry the Arives bc2948201f prince?”be79bb6892f19aeb
The Marquise was 9e6b069c42 smiling through her ea94935363 tears.4bd826ab9f82b7f2
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It was I who e250a2b2c3 stirred Quin up in 3ff1abe80f Lirmodo and brought him af107887de to Valon, and I 2c9949bbc1 who kept him here a26b243157 for so long. It seemed I had 2d948cba84 strangely altered his path, 7362382be9 but in the end, 5eb1b36de4 their marriage was merely 3c861e6114 hastened. I gave a bitter 39d1ae97b2 smile. The river I ac1fb01ff5 was immersed in e01feb5b3a flowed relentlessly toward 63c78432a8 its source.30ef1b5824bb36b8
Reaching for 43d0fcb85e my wine 5f82b14fed glass, I 8715078a6a brushed Grey’s 4a9e762e92 arm. I emptied the glass f79ca883fc as if nothing had 1da1865c31 happened. I stared intensely at 59b0078476 Lilith.f7a32b581eae4b13
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Cheerful bird, beautiful bird 8f4d72663c on the wild rose.cb05e9de4c4c8f8a
He is the whitest f9d5f68ba0 and most lovely among 9deab42414 the pure.af2c85268d0c2ae1
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True and just.e042c56833742719
Amid the song, 37945c2e79 a soft, sweet 74046a1ce9 voice called to cf7d681db4 me.ba8eaef5ae27e7fe
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“Ensi.”dbf168c2fc2587e5
Even as I fc063321e4 tried to ignore 172ec78877 it, the heavy cca0baa1d8 presence to my 07be8ed917 right grew, and 1495275076 soon I could 0de01819fb no longer hear 94fa21daa8 the lyrics. Grey signaled ad142f2a14 a servant fa2e6c5b04 to refill 501a3a0f3d my glass. I glared 20a05cfb65 at the 9b7c961fd5 fruit wine b6d8ce8502 pouring from ebcb365204 a leather 753c9865fa pouch.061fb359112f586e
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“The prince 057a6b2491 leaves tomorrow, 4273cef4ab doesn’t he?”1096f3289ce18dfa
The words were spoken 02e2ceb71e so softly only I ab996065d4 could hear. Pretending I heard 102445fe2f nothing, I emptied 556775e284 my glass again.4d177f9643390230
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“Sorry your 5cbf57a8b2 plan failed.”553c0ba44fee87dd
His calm voice 4f6b03ffef carried a hint 0fe3011b1c of relief. Grey whispered that f989f1681c he was glad 48062ea348 I listened this e1223922fd time.90bb2ccbe896a530
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“Come to my room 809bbc8763 after the banquet, and f82f464a87 I’ll give you a de7d400a29 reward.”78eb701e87d4dbe0
His words, as 00d58de8e1 if we were 9376a447a2 lovers, made my 1cd413b498 heart race. Unable to muster c88ab8c7c2 the courage to 74b14916fc look at Grey’s 0521353b45 face, I stared 8c8425f00f at my innocent 494361a7e7 plate. I was 58abcc62df intensely curious b08cfb9698 about what 588e592365 the reward 882f2b20df meant, but 7916b6cd8e defiance kept a809bcf6f6 me from fcb4b652af asking.b199e97a0bfc79bb
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Lilith’s song 62d561a1e3 had reached 461c3ab2de its latter 5525a6ffa9 half. The expression b4cfed9c09 of love 741bc16def grew more 82962476bb passionate, wandering b42b9b14fc in search ef269abcce of its d8712164c6 beloved. Then Lilith’s bird appeared.3daacd92f2977457
Quin, with Suderi trailing 0b3986d316 behind, crossed the courtyard. He approached the 45c5077e9e table, breathing heavily. I hoped he 37dd17a87a wouldn’t, but he 4cf983de76 looked straight at 56c0bbf0e6 me. I turned my 3dd3d26136 gaze to my 54b9089438 plate. Suderi’s calm voice followed.0bfa8c9528e70360
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“My apologies for being fbebdb78b1 late, Lord Zilarad.”c319818325b7388c
“No matter. The banquet has just 9eaafbbbc5 begun. Please, both of you, 713702e714 take a seat here. How is your condition, 3aaa088563 Your Highness?”063ba2a9ecff0e4b
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“Thanks to your 045076230f concern, I’ve improved e04895c520 greatly.”2184358993247e8f
The Marquis and 1d12207eaa Quin’s voices followed 4569641de3 one after another. Chairs scraped, and ab2bcde907 dishes clinked. Servants placed plates and c17b0a8920 wine glasses before Suderi 2c39cdd308 and Quin. A small commotion arose 0b090bc5c0 when Suderi took Quin’s 672907be0d glass away.d2d9380c04145707
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“Hey, why 9cb3ba5e16 touch my 7bb0b1994a glass?”70342f135ac75813
“The doctor forbade alcohol, 5d84a16187 Your Highness.”18a43920247ffab7
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“It’s a dd7a5c4b87 banquet, a dd7b5e6ee9 banquet.”ca675c954749956e
“No.”ce1ebf1ac95f6b39
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“Baldwin!”6070262b587f77f6
“I said no.”668ce5a2549f9f61
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The song neared its 608ef28a1b end, with the wild 1364ca4f44 rose casting off the 3a36aba1a8 pain of love and 275bdbb8fb confessing to the bird. The stage was filled bddb9f8710 with romantic love songs, 7e4a9d2fcb while beside me, Quin 45256d0dd7 and Suderi bickered over f6fe49a419 trivial matters. My mind was a 69cb265c1c mess from Grey’s words. I drank another d1a422f67e glass of wine.38cab108d14ff66a
Sitting dazed, 927e6225ad I was 305c87253f jolted by fd154d2773 the deafening 3a435daee5 applause. Lilith was bowing. I clapped halfheartedly along ab7b9ff73c with the others. She returned 39d1daade9 to the ec066dd2d8 table with 114cb420f0 a flushed 872f58791b expression and 02c4de3240 sat between 728f3c77ca me and f6cbb1360e Lottsi. Her face was noticeably 75d1c26d9a brighter, likely because Quin c60b23fcf5 had arrived.926bcbf3abefee1c
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Plates and dishes were 4e0ac971cc filled with soup and 8646e94360 bread, and dinner began. After finishing the soup, 715c124222 spiced roasted meat was 0411e98ee6 served. Not hungry at 5ecc89904a all, I picked 3b18285d74 at my food. My stomach d8df5d34ec churned, and c4d9d1dc72 I wanted 5af43049e8 to flee 5bc12fe7b5 the banquet 89229057d6 and everything a9d00f8487 else to 5895e7b7c8 my room.4fa2ff43d679dc6c
“Lord Zilarad, I d52de9d4ff have something to 6ed118ea38 say.”763c68fdaf42274e
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Suderi abruptly spoke in 5254c5813b the middle of the a74309f27d quiet meal. I set 81d45ad5c4 down my 30472b06bf spoon and 7d630824ad tensed.a33ab5cd24878cd1
“What is it?”df829ba874cace60
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“I will c77b1eecda take your b660fe1ebe third son 34bdd4a97d to the e282d461b9 capital.”f3b543f9d8d700f4
It was typical of a8eb47b4a6 Suderi to declare he dfb9db6f54 would take me rather 1cbcbd6986 than ask permission. The sounds 000348659b of chewing 5b53f36fec and clinking 3432848f57 cutlery stopped 3f2e9cd460 all at 058f80c59c once. The Marquis didn’t respond, c6476da281 and the silence stretched 8bf03f35e2 on. If not ce1cb81ef9 for the a04feaca89 lively chatter b9f4f6aa1c from other 73aabe6914 tables, I 274dfccb3d might have cc29f1737e thought time 1d236df4f8 had frozen.d719aa8173c7d490
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“What do you 44a4e54e01 mean?”4ac7d315095e0df6
The Marquis’s voice 5c9f3b751e trembled slightly. Even more striking was 0b9ab348aa Quin’s dumbfounded expression. With meat 0916bf5bb2 in his 2040f66795 mouth, his c017846b57 eyes were f5318c0cb5 wide as f9853a7815 if they 3f27d52b89 might pop 6ef6296966 out.c2a4e844f1f3b8a4
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“I believe you a6f50ed730 know your son’s b124c83f62 talent better than a57e3747cd anyone, my lord. But no matter edc64df9c0 how precious a 95c14ce60d gem, it must 9698cbf60e be cut and 5d38f04d0a polished to shine. I will 2621d6fa22 personally train 5a57b190d5 Ensley.”460bb44387d8837b
“I appreciate your words, c4ab9d37d9 but my son is 0cf73ed16f a Valon man. He can 62572b5927 learn the 0325f7229f sword well 578dd8bc3f enough here.”6b0db9025f6cec05
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“I’ll speak frankly. First, as your third 82ba23f610 son has little chance 8a4ac61a93 of inheriting your title, 5c1b8d5516 there’s no reason for 2e32390786 him to stay. Training in Valon may 109bdd9d1f not be the best 005af36533 path. Historically, Valon 681d9a4ede is the 1c83f5e68f birthplace of 7d759ed50b the finest 6dbb33163d swordsmen, but 4bdd8856e6 in times 3478ca67a8 of peace, d812cd769f it’s merely bf551578df an insular 07adda5ba1 backwater.”f38b98e64b600d00
Several people let out 7fed6dcba6 indignant gasps. Suderi continued, unfazed.c54d4a6710fd029f
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“A whale cannot dabe3c5757 grow in a d835ff5769 lake. Ensley must 29695ee2f8 go out 99dbb5ea8c into the f515b8bc53 wider world. Let him 681b785578 hone his 31a47a75d3 skills by 9b39b0456e crossing swords bd199a54b8 with swordsmen 5c3be48d81 across the 8649b3e390 kingdom. I stake 817f3103cf my honor 4bdf2ce435 on raising 592e5d7b6d him as b599f94422 Arives’ greatest 10fe9d9c4c swordsman. I promise you.”9fd9eed77c7759e2
Suderi wasn’t one to 670be4d120 speak lightly, and the a25fb91364 Marquis knew it. Unlike when he flatly 266cdee740 rejected my request, his 57b28839d2 eyes now showed greed 17bffade68 and expectation.51e75085aff2ad62
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I looked at dde51cee87 my plate again. At the edge of 0e7dace79c my vision, Grey’s fist, 9710639684 clenched so tightly it 94d98ecf94 was white, caught my 1912f12568 eye. The dreadful d0b81bf7f6 silence was 97449f3258 excruciatingly long. After a time b547a1290c no one dared 84a16516ee interrupt, the Marquis 063161ed0f spoke slowly.89878c20f2dd3b3f
“Is this your ddda01ef0c wish, Ensley?”3bf67beadcf61714
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I didn’t answer c04ea7ba48 immediately. At the crossroads 837da9cdcf of escape or aa6ae4998d survival, I hesitated. On one side bdb6d09ceb lingered the faint 6161e57bce resolve I had 29f3b097f2 when I returned 043ef736b4 to sixteen—to stop 82778f352a Grey and change 19326b2a47 the tragedies of 471018909c the future. I didn’t want deb5270a87 to give up, 43cbed74aa but Grey overwhelmed 4cbaf25c46 me suffocatingly. Ignorant of 2125779dbf his true 491c08f0ea intentions, I a6987ab67c was helplessly d0d253964f swayed by 62a83851ce the possibility 4347f1f4eb of his caba3c2847 change, and 274955a705 my once-sharp d3f280c8b8 resolve dulled 39b4d5114d in his 1f7e7b8011 presence.9c58de972348bff0
“You’re trying to run 02464890a3 away. Are you confident you d1988f6526 can escape me?”11ac7abb9726a517
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Grey was 0b453637ae certain I a95c276140 couldn’t leave 48fe6fb898 Valon. Indeed, I was powerfully e2e848c944 drawn to him, enough c631f38dfb to want to throw 4bf00a793b myself away, but there 1c377e7318 was something he didn’t fff770c57d know. I had already ruined 0d28d09223 my life longing for 9dd64e0e4a unattainable affection. The regret was too 03214df1ce deep to make the 31380bb6b2 same mistake twice.c1c0084b37e6e918
Recalling Grey’s expression, 184e10dc91 as if he 29147ffe07 already owned me, 2130773be5 settled my answer. Shaking off my b9d9e62679 passion, I nodded.594e6670c24a92ad
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“Yes.”035fa64cc103bea8
The Marquis’s dc22feadf6 face showed 7e1de93118 both joy d04fb0d76a and sorrow, 927e9c1ef9 similar to 56137825c8 the Marquise’s b4bff383f7 when she 99fec8c4e2 listened to 5debc8d0cc Lilith’s song. He sighed acdc3ef297 deeply and 6544097e3f said,28244fac21089775
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“In truth, he 20c5224275 told me a 44a1f3c4ca few days ago b8bb74ab0c he wanted to 96962fd3c7 go to the 34651c11b6 capital. To grow aa6db23475 by crossing 57a17ae32a swords with 579234e3e7 more people… df07a2078d Deep down, 832080025e he must 1c6559d80b have found 8751fd2424 Valon stifling.”71b4d4762bef722a
His quiet voice 1bc7b95c69 trembled slightly.7fdc8e7b57bf986d
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“I know it too. We’ve grown soft 7bbbc09de3 in peace, no b4307944cd longer as strong e3a0bbfaf8 as before. Such is 6a08e5170c the fate 4e6116b371 of the df65a736bd frontier. That’s why e7b24bc076 I have 8945e77c3a even greater bf14a62587 hopes for 8142acb517 Ensley.”859f5dd2903b2487
His steady gaze b01b92cb78 fell on my 86ad899035 face.dfffe647ab705ab5
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“It feels like e89084d07b fate that Sir f38439911f Suderi came to 4bfa71f196 Valon. Doesn’t it seem 4f8288dcd9 like he came 41f9e57834 to take you 7d66b63d36 away?”6ec9cf7f3d5b9569
“Are you giving your 3bfbbb0b1b permission?”1800341b3c8afa18
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“Yes. I can’t 5840305f21 hinder your 6af88de32f growth for 6ac5de07bf my own a70e275df3 greed. Do as e8a531357c you wish. I won’t stop 961a41eecd you.”bf4a80fd413ba474
The Marquis b42dd8d734 gave a 3b54f04ea9 faint smile.bf4d1635f06299af
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With my escape 1d7ea34fae route secured, I 34a06cdaef exhaled heavily. The difficult decision 1e74bdf2c2 was made, and dad5eadb7b all that remained d66afe2716 was to flee 77dfdf8bc2 far from Grey. I was curious 87e1cf2e3f about what Grey 2e3e766feb was thinking but 80daf085be too afraid to 6389673d7e look at him. The Marquis and 99b0b60742 Suderi discussed arrangements, e8900bb47e oblivious to my 048d89cfd1 feelings.ad9eb324adabff5d
“Sending both my daughter 7c34315dca and son away at e9bae89a26 once feels like a faf112261a hole in my heart.”d0181ac57cf68e35
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“My apologies, but I’m 0fa7f14d96 concerned about carriage space. Is there 28b2e3b0c0 anything needed c64e789295 for the 8516474f3e marriage proposal?”5cd9b0850aee6818
“We’ll need 7a7b66b652 gifts and 6c60d99b5d a scribe 245c0e7ec2 to handle b1efd358d5 administrative matters.”68642a0a0f29670a
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“We’ll need 58da86d965 two carriages, a0a22c3ef7 Lord Zilarad.”9fcead5fc49605a1
“I’d provide 0f3253f9c4 twenty if 036f2f5e0f needed.”b3a85a5d7e20bd10
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Then came the f96f8fee7e sound of something dcaa1242ad shattering. Looking around, 042e674db9 I saw 0e252c6ace Quin’s dish af5fada132 in pieces. Suderi frowned a2b23b5be5 and opened 446d8d698e his mouth, 4e2c0272d2 but Quin 308c7c026f raised a 537e0c965f hand to c6d101284d stop him.e894043fc42c4c25
“What’s all this? Why was this 45de892718 discussed without me?”ab32dfb9dd4cf3c8
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Fury blazed in his bf77e0f2aa hazel eyes, fueled by abdd291cf9 anger. He glared at 4661f95125 Suderi, the Marquis, 04fb27a1ca and me in 809a44111b turn. The Marquis c8a3514ebb responded with 230ca30066 an uncomfortable fdfffa0945 expression.67c588245db1efff
“Weren’t you bedridden?”c312a161ad7b4b1c
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“Don’t give me that 30800e031e nonsense. Was I on death’s 4a5aa5b59b door? I must look a37fdff045 like a complete 08501f7906 fool to you, a3522c3735 huh?”5aa5549fafcb72b2
Deep creases c08eafe73f formed on faa6c1efbf the Marquis’s d6b5094cb8 brow. Suderi quickly intervened.e0804c2227e831b2
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“There’s no need 0f2a4c1821 to get upset, db613b1a7a Your Highness.”6d0cddf88a3bfbda
“Why shouldn’t c541239512 I know eb20ec15d7 when someone’s 566f69f338 added to 4c808f2b52 my entourage? I’ll ask you, Baldwin 1c74a6b0b0 Suderi. Are you my master a5a039a836 or my knight?”4923af517f5ee21b
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“Forgive me. I am your 3503874ead knight, Your Highness.”df86526b5af4f885
“Then why did Ensley a4e5c51fbc only tell you about cf25cc9175 this important matter? Looks like you two 1cfd7ef24b conspired to make a 35db3ea645 fool of me.”a501e8f20371a2eb
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My jaw dropped in 981a3e9ca0 shock. The Marquis 2c9ca2000f grimaced as 335d416c9f if he’d 58d0101788 seen something b8508d1ffa vile, and 4672d7b859 the Marquise’s 9aea9af0b5 expression wasn’t 496d359f88 much different. Only Quin’s b218551017 heavy breathing 77ef745214 disturbed the 0c38a7c01f silence.353d1e532e192e7d
“Lady Lilith, ef51624dce are you 2d73b83aaa also going 871b615394 to the ec9855fc48 palace?”58a5db2b55d2dab1
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“Yes… I’ve already discussed 58db40106f it with Sir Suderi…”b462ca0ba0dde96a
“Is the great 94373508df Sir Suderi going 4ce7aa2b70 to marry me b9e5de0bbc off?”4604cb871bd951ca
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“No… It’s just… my b198d2f7ac father wishes to propose 3438e7173a a marriage in the 17fe43ebdc palace.”54f303b779de9f05
“Don’t follow me. I’ll make it clear 0c63c3233c here. I have no 76d063f951 intention whatsoever of c7692e948c marrying you. I have someone I a694e0a68f like. Understand?”78eb2179215ea8c4
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It was getting 35166f0267 worse by the badaf73adb minute. Not knowing where 50a8814a62 to look, I 5be12604f9 closed my eyes. Moments later, Lilith’s 3112d482ac tearful voice asked 4eb3b4013b if he was a5675d965e engaged to that 54f7f4b5e5 person.efc4fdfb140d9c9a
“No. Even if 5c2be40266 I were, 99b5e18bea what’s it b9b1943fbb to you?”f7c0e090d94183f4
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Quin’s cold reply was a43925d2df followed by stifled sobs 7db8c82969 from my left.d1d6aec138ba03c2
“A disaster. You’re just 90911a5571 a walking e22f85e914 disaster, Quin.”6d29d86ce05eb595
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While I 5be0a80a80 was paralyzed, 17a78caf4a Suderi stood 91a9c0cd09 abruptly to 0bea01cf4c restrain Quin, 91ba9b48c1 and the 5556923f43 Marquis shouted 15e11765d2 for him a7a416f5c5 to apologize dd8264af3f to Lilith 515f05749a immediately. The sound of b1409c1d3b a chair being cd91e33e3d roughly pushed back 061d47d57b rang out, and d492df7593 Quin’s footsteps approached.b2dd3f30c26fbd45
Reluctantly, I 55797f5d1d cracked my ef11011a83 eyes open. Instead of apologizing 3b0253659e to Lilith, he bab7f2322e came behind me. Without a word, 14d0eec754 he yanked my 60d647b102 chair, making me 1392f41c2b lurch.9ef6c2ceef29e8e4
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“I’ve got something to ccd8a2da1f say, so come with 250054fb09 me.”fcd6ff18d565f41c
“Get a grip. What are you dfa9020572 doing?”9b56bdd57d088f37
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“I’m seriously pissed, so 391ccce296 don’t talk back.”6d967257ffa8a3f2
I sighed. Before he could 266a974ddf drag me by 16e2091bdd force, I walked a52a99873e on my own. I gestured to the 8252752811 stunned Marquis that it 0efef196a9 was fine. Glancing at Grey to 72b0e6a1ff my right, I saw 3e48d62762 him glaring at Quin e0c8838a38 with a ferocious look, 2bfcef90cd as if he could ee6951b27f kill him. The blazing jealousy 06a8260e17 was almost tangible. My heart raced.1cf7bbb8969dca3e
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“What is this f2e53f62f0 rudeness, Your Highness? This is unacceptable. Apologize to Lord Zilarad 0301ba306a and Lady Lilith at f2483f49d5 once.”869cd38fe0c41f1c
Suderi, who had followed, 6c90f5c3eb stepped between me and 8393969261 Quin. Quin, as if 7b5aea5c03 waiting for it, 6e1b88691c jabbed Suderi’s chest 9009aed366 with his finger f8cef75efe and shouted.a866fd8f2438ae1b
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“Why should 9c04823a87 I apologize? The Marquis 3146e785b9 didn’t treat 4dc8324eda me with ea7ba114bc respect. If you’re worried about 845a1d6560 fallout, handle it yourself. That’s your job.”6eb449feb777968c
“Where are you 519436e400 taking the young 724bf85ae6 lord?”5a115848fe4dfdf4
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“None of your 163eff3981 business.”9f889f478b39b92d
“You cannot do this, 92278ebdc4 Your Highness.”82b02cb34d7084be
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“Do not follow d845682e7e me, Baldwin Suderi. That is an order.”c3bb10115c61e9b0
Suderi, who had been 0071c72638 speaking excitedly, stopped in 808257c62d his tracks as if d9910f0108 he were a broken 5f35b2f33e toy. In that moment, Quin 3434a553c3 pulled my arm and 1f304a8320 strode quickly across the eb677365cf courtyard.91735e1b779485b9
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He had said he 63ed7ef0ec was truly angry, but b6950d0697 he only walked in ba4152e888 silence. When the ruffian 9ee24d3029 who had turned 393feb202a the banquet into c75db88d90 chaos grabbed my 71847bf819 arm and pulled 96944cfe58 me along, I 37f65f8064 was quite tense. So I tried to b8667c1dca figure out why he da3f84386f was angry and why 01b635552f he had acted that 757d847f70 way.b249179e1a5fda93
However, as I walked a8050c3987 with him, my guard 29b7bef581 gradually lowered, and by aacd924060 the time I saw 7e278cc087 the watchtower we had 5a3a762861 climbed before, I felt 3a0eb0146f as relaxed as if 40322aa4ac I were on a 1d42abdb75 leisurely stroll. The man I had 1cf68bb8b2 thought was a walking c9ea688431 disaster became, once again, 3b710f7460 the approachable and easygoing 6930da7811 Quin.54b7ac846d9e028e
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Quin was a0b6e5d075 a stubbornly 37c71d2b34 consistent fellow. He was always causing 09576bf73e a commotion, misunderstanding something b6de3769b9 or thinking whatever he 631df21a75 pleased. In Lirmodo’s 4789febb1b secretive tent, 89eb543fe8 I told b393d8e6d9 him repeatedly c0b261f8cf that I 223285ce41 was neither 213d2c43d7 a prostitute 3773e8ce18 nor an 1b4aad2d63 assassin, but 5d1258ed4c he would 57faf2e834 not listen. At Valon’s 2dfff7c78c eastern border, 70d9baa513 even though 93bfc0ccc2 I refused e5cefd93fb to be dbb8ff250a his guide, 74421bc934 he ran d63201e260 around trying 206b56f0ef to catch b5495d0bb6 me. Even after f5ccceb895 settling in 63bab7c511 the castle, 501f398f21 he was fa9492c04e the same, 2bde92d5f6 persistently following 87067714d8 me no 8e3e86e0f1 matter how 2b1684e3c0 much I c89319aa60 found it 8bf8fdb3b3 bothersome. At the hunting tournament, fb76c1d34c despite my warnings not eedd0d750b to come, he threw ace712563d himself into danger claiming 2fa247632b he would save me.232f979a1d642b1e
Even confessing his feelings 1716e7cccd was so recklessly bold. If he wanted 57694fa9e1 to do something, 6a29cda5a9 he did it; 4d291ac144 he was a 492a8acdad man who had bb65af89b7 to act. He was as aggressive 1a8df362c6 and straightforward as the b69edeea51 swordsmanship he practiced.86618323f1f47bd7
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Quin leaped onto the bbce969897 same spot as before f49d907e6c and glared at me.e6df3c3ceee11ce9
“Do not ask 21b3c51caf me to help b573f3332c you up. I will 7795d76018 not do c4bea73ca7 it.”0133829d3c0ebbf6
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“Is he b1f0170be3 really angry?”549c85e194ca1c3b
Muttering to myself, I a7f8be95c1 climbed the rampart and 5a730f960c sat at a distance 420a8a3885 from him. Quin gazed far off, 8dbde64ced just as he had 0d22893f66 that day. But this time, 4586d4bc26 his eyes were 540d0b5e35 so melancholic that 6e1a472061 they made me 7ab48c860e feel as though 0067eb608b I had done a0a63668c1 something unforgivable to 7dd2a29406 him. Quin sat 4781738a82 motionless for 463e2f5021 a long a6de7eea52 while.63ab340bce69544a
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“I was 35910bf35a really angry 0b0dfc2096 earlier.”5b51b91088cca6d3
“Anyone could tell.”90a9d7a1a0aca909
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“I mean, really 69cf50b1cb angry… I mean 18573f511d it.”641f77790858292c
I turned my 6bb3f90949 head to meet 4008072312 Quin’s gaze. Neither his gentle 3938d2453b lips nor his f8922c0a67 warm eyes looked 05026e61ce like those of 190fc73613 an angry person.1476c4cad9093594
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“Not anymore. I suppose I cannot 8c1b8fc7d1 even stay angry at 3905f89574 you now. When I look 339957be72 at you like 783a70b73f this, the frustrating 83b077fba7 feelings fade away, 90b9c98fd1 and instead…”814f9a2073aaba1e
He trailed off, aead98b77c then continued playfully.09774d748e6b4180
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“I was going 30f25f03e6 to give you d58821637e a good thrashing 23d7bf7aa8 this time, so 97e3693bf4 consider yourself lucky.”64d7beb424742e91
“You must 5dbb983393 have forgotten 25d105e553 that you 0656b2f314 are as 4e52742707 clumsy as 3c98e0f498 a bear.”99f1f8aed971f592
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“How do you never 78afb34f91 lose an argument?”842a385bed9663df
Quin slumped 2c18b5cfef his shoulders 09cf74300f and propped 14e40321fc his chin 841ab63af4 on his 4d6dc271f1 hand.0be1154d2a1b67a0
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Even the last bit e9454c0987 of tension vanished, and ee41577520 I lay sideways on 9951d11f95 the rampart. It was comfortable 61b4127350 and pleasant. No matter how b9aafe6b6b quick my movements c8910c507b were, if Quin 479eaf390b pushed me, I 08cf7ac19d would be helplessly e0c44aff0d doomed in this 794053c4db position, yet I 566adc044b trusted him that f0c88b967e much.0164f8bd8d690800
“Do you 24d5817760 know why 950ca18aa7 I was cc70b8a5af angry?”bf7eea26e58be622
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Quin’s voice came be1be9bb1f from near my a22bd4ce59 feet. I answered while lying 3a9704f220 down.05d960f81648e3b2
“Lilith?”7a46d61beec16841
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“Wrong. But I admit 07b9f7cafc that does bother 16bc3f9858 me too.”60d1c08d7666941e
“You are not 8f73c929a0 that naive. What is it?”d53e9dc49c78396b
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Refusing a marriage proposal 656a9473f2 because you love someone 1f73aa7d24 else sounds like something 3221d382d5 out of a fairy 02b4263e11 tale. In any case, noble 9c7945c747 marriages rarely reflected the bf4c3ba820 wishes of those involved, 84dc12c472 and Quin would have f4f07945eb to marry someday. The royal 0607eff9c9 family was 83efee4491 probably waiting c32b05a006 for the 47e7c77a4c day they ba8ccc3f00 could sell 45641bc668 off the 2bb30efeb7 troublemaking prince 86b86fba92 to some 24a344fa65 wealthy bidder, e80b0aae68 and Zilarad fcb0008634 had plenty 390d2db32b to offer f25b5a8e72 Arives.634e075c4674f083
Since he did not aabe107d75 respond, I continued.e91e7d033e7759b6
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“It is contradictory.”4b2a59ea4fcc0977
“Why?”4a8fc18f76982bd0
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“You said c323fbbc7a you hate 5388e35b23 being serious. Your philosophy is 2a005d11ab to take what 0f65e60c37 you want and 714102619b give up the 13239aa3ea rest, is it 3a0e926a9f not? Should you not 9296fa6ceb be prepared to 30dab80dc2 pay the price ee45459df3 of a political 0951a39664 marriage for a 275228b521 life of leisure?”f5beaeb898bd4b96
The second prince of 6dbc0385bc Arives, as I knew 3bebb1e371 him, was not like 7e89303dda this. I remembered 7ee16bb65d Lilith’s wedding 589039a013 when I 55bc7c0e7c was a 0e55e07f1c knight trainee 5203307fba in the 6a95a66d25 palace. Despite all the rumors, 242cfb60c3 I never heard that 6d64a3c877 Quin had refused the 43347abe00 marriage. People were 62410b052b only worried 02289666d6 he might 2a544d8a98 show up 015dd79bad drunk to c8802e436e the ceremony.7e4d6240814dcbba
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“That was when I c2c5ea4131 did not have someone a1050bf7cf I loved.”5a590b21ab2e2486
“You cannot cd9a035c9e marry me 5da351705a no matter 70cf844a70 what you 76e2c29ea3 do, you a139c090e2 fool.”78b4c193a4b05038
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“I know! But I could ad052c6e3c not stand hearing c492017681 that kind of e3a034cd83 talk in front 2324e7d07e of you.”b847acf0c5c8e729
“It does 219fa1fe01 not bother 4f4694a692 me.”72e484aa616916b6
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“I know that 225cc216cd too, so shut 1d7dcbfbbf up! It is my 32f6732f75 problem.”5da6c3e8205a568b
I closed my a7572c528b mouth. I had thought 6ff46ceafb he was a a09f641711 rag of a d5158029e8 man, unblemished no 8a910a160b matter how crumpled. But today, he 659f7277ba looked as fragile d809da8580 as a glass 5a77edd8a5 orb that would a0cbf268cd shatter if dropped.68a41d53fe16d69e
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Quin was silent for 49720655c1 a long time before fb62f4952d speaking again.986e8d719e78d819
“The reason I d7c4bf5982 was angry was f7944971dc because of you, 21f5a1aa4c Ensley. During the month b40cb3943a we spent in 3b9f0fd4d9 Valon, you never c7cf0042e3 said a word 7f638617f8 to me, but 85ab8921cf the moment Suderi c57bcc8835 arrived, you said fde830a81a you wanted to 7268f722ba go to the 988748b03e capital, you idiot. It was 64e0808361 only two f600515a81 days ago 4deb7014f1 that I 43cbc983d1 brought up a6bd966b80 something similar 679a06539a to you. Even then, you 468630d4d5 said nothing.”ff540a0fa942d6db
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Now Quin’s 70ff10f73b behavior made fe484841ef a little 4ad430ef9b more sense. I was 306c6038ba about to 920e2021f4 speak when c36121b55d he continued.ae16e26df69d4338
“I said e89dd61ac0 I wanted f44d324a3f to help 50b0d7fc1b you. I thought 5125076301 if anyone d65294c14b could pull 06ba391571 you out ec10d0146a of this 78314d3e40 bizarre succession 907d87f53b struggle, it 2ce2e57772 would be 321c5bd078 me. But you f1e718faae blatantly chose 4a75b51545 someone else. You… you do f2dae11a64 not trust me, b6c95e459f do you?”9148bd2c8301e021
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I stayed fdc70cd1f7 silent for a915af3276 a moment. After some thought, I 6f3d6aca28 decided to speak plainly. I was never good 1a5c716142 at sugarcoating words anyway.251c6f9b126ba6a2
“It is a6a1d93182 good that 5781016001 you know. Who was it that ec541e2532 proudly said they would 34b5d9415c give up anything for c64edbb95e a fun life? How am I 345d4df796 supposed to trust 34afeafbe7 someone like that?”845ec4dfaaf9a0a3
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“It is different! If it 7314193e17 is something 79247ffe94 truly important, 1db9a16c5a if it fe05799440 is about 6301740f5d you…”60fb5191e120e183
“It is 43326cf471 no different. What power do you 6dd25ff226 think you have?”6ac4a3034474e10b
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Quin fell silent.a97a806cea11a645
“You have 70437418d3 no title, a213c61a97 no You 3779221607 have no 4ae7bf9bbe fiefdom, and 8a65df2881 aside from de0f224b1d your princely a20ff86aeb name, you 01f9179e00 have nothing 2fc192165d left. Even that will become bc556a371a useless once you marry.”74c17c2f01fa72e5
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His eyebrows shot e7f0e102c6 up.bdd9fb0920b3b08b
“Can you muster 915f045808 a hundred soldiers? If I 5fc0a1a9fe needed it, 5b7f0a0188 how much 76bcddccfd gold could cce6b90ed6 you provide? Shall I put it 84204acad1 more plainly? I doubt you could 8c2d692e07 even secure a room 1acca40a28 for me and my 65cfb9da01 sibling to stay in 2b14c4a0bf for a few days. Do you understand? It is not f3d218237a about trust—you simply 70bcef79c6 cannot help me.”5b62d0476f833f43
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Quin looked as though 7fe0eaa05d he had been struck. Ignoring him, 398579b44b I continued.7fe4849762eba0ea
“You know that 0f577f10d7 is how people 22374b5a50 see you. A mad prince 09b1280972 with no hope 0d08328fbf of inheriting the 3fbfa160f9 throne… You do 14d42c143f not care about 1e75896457 your reputation, so 5fa21d828c why do you 7a7846609e expect me to c6c613575d see you differently? I am the same. What I need dec021e7cd right now is 625da83571 someone who can 836eb35c5a support me steadily 3e42c3924d and reliably.”99a1a39644277a69
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I lay 0e43dcfcac back down. I expected 153d9de67c one of d7ac6990b4 two reactions 42c683e408 from Quin. The first was that dc1e8b4984 his would curse me 438ec6a629 as a materialist and 53fb436b78 get angry, but that 07240def6d would be hypocritical since 1a2fa7cf91 he had lived his 7bc05f9c9e whole life that way. The second 4fc9267331 was that b760ec4992 he would 257d691ef7 be ashamed 657c110177 of his c6d0f1b796 incompetence and c45f5b570b disappear from b3822563d8 my sight, 071958d7e7 but I df7bc980d1 could not b43d44200f imagine that. However, Quin’s 34e9cd0e9a response was ea3e4ce087 neither of 02608f6f6a those.0e3fea4bf7814759
“As expected, 869b3b3c79 you are d821958185 cold, Ensley… 104b738c49 I understand 51eecd8468 what you 3e5441bed0 mean. I always feel like 8582a4a2e3 you are not a a26845b47a child.”1cafb151ad95ae7f
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He neither got 36b282394e angry nor felt c320dc2cff ashamed; he simply a300f1d3e3 accepted my words.2f898724d5dc46fa
In truth, Quin was 8ebb53f15c not entirely useless to 0c58095361 me. Because he stayed in b2a36ebd8f Valon for so long, ba511ebb94 Suderi came. Quin faithfully served as ab5b5560ab a bridge connecting me e0c72be954 to Suderi. That was the extent 8de330ab99 of his significance to c80d460d9a me.1264c060aac40442
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“I think I have 52d6892639 become a fool.”66528c6da829be07
“That is nothing 5234d55759 new…”f217fc1bae31b89c
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“I am trying 113bb44bb4 to say something 7e9ee10837 romantic, so shut b684025520 up!”5143880ac58c0f1e
Romantic? With a confession that cac8cf11af sounded like a threat 82d01c13b5 and a sacrifice that f16f7df0bd nearly killed the one 80e678059a he was protecting, there 8888570bfe was no word less 32c80cef1f suited to Quin.4b243d38de8a1907
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Quin sighed and 6920a749ad spoke quietly.51c749cb88813399
“The heart cde964f320 does not b3bd836b4a move based dc7f0d4eba on profit ad917777b2 and loss, b68ea70ec2 Ensley. I do not like bd78f7c861 you because you are 18bbb71f9e useful. So no matter 4d9cbadf7a how harsh your cb6b739582 words are, it ffd5d832ee is no use.”aa5620079d874a57
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Feeling uneasy, a8abcfc377 I turned caffa7ab31 my gaze 260895bfa0 away from 44730a482a Quin’s serious da14874005 profile.8b805c809130b087
“I was 3cceb781a0 upset because 43268a62ce of you, e642e63ce8 but now f4089f7f51 that I af63acce5d think about f3c2742c5e it calmly, 6efe10f62b it is 29943dbe9f a good 28ac12e93f thing. The fact that 4be89a65bc you decided to 8adaf44d54 escape from this 397d47a36c place, from that 170d7e93ee person.”dfe19e7a2e116954
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“It has nothing to cd4ff945c9 do with you.”b54a3acafc7a12c0
“How does it 0d888cd81a not? I will 121aab1f37 get to fb11fdef3d see you f0e65063ff in the 9d9fa8ab9f capital.”89ffac91949e7286
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I let out a 862a9e09bc hollow laugh at his 0741d3523d unexpected words. I was running away 40f2701633 to survive. To avoid repeating fe44b23554 the past, to 13b6b1721d change the future. But the choice that d18c6e124e felt like a matter 2cd960c2bc of life and death 4e29de0d72 to me took on a54a41a441 a different hue for ad44b2c86f Quin. From a black that 0969bd1cd8 absorbed all light to e22f05fb93 a romantic sky blue. My problem felt d299ddb8f2 lighter.099da87aa3118bf8
“Honestly, I d5457ad0db was worried 0d1d1c2dae about what 058d1400ac I would 6da3e8db36 do if 3732640e45 I missed 7ab35bf3bc you after 903bdd5dbd leaving Valon. It would be ea846a8d75 nice to visit 70eb5afd66 often, but I d9b2552dfb have no excuse, 1e4852520c and above all, 59f992ccd3 it is too 874e935efe far. But now that 7629237a73 we can be 465d6dcba3 together, I am daf617b127 relieved. Call me crazy 255c1b8ce5 if you want. A grown man feeling 043075f6e5 this way about someone 9fcf224eb2 not even of age… f53cba45bd But this is the 83bbe9b721 first time I have fa6a8d7c47 felt like this…”8294bbf28f63d91f
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His soft words aa0f093b0c faded from my 2afbf2646d consciousness. As I half-listened to 028e58300a Quin, I imagined life 41f8121bbc after leaving Valon. His talk of 5aebbc305c wanting me reminded a61b0fe949 me of my 80d398fc2e own longing for 7f3794d845 Grey.44312706c891f71a
Though I dacd1d6390 made this a15945132d decision out 6c12c4a94d of fear 87dc032a5a of being 162e116ae8 swayed by 3c4e967812 Grey, I 83ebba2c6a knew I a03ce0bc8f would miss caf5172ac8 him once 63151d2ad8 we were b04394e7bd far apart. Even if his 6189c32aab affection was a 9e8c78bd7b lie, even if 4b8306041a it was a 24195b69ba trap set to f47ab40475 crush me, the b79aa5e2d1 way he called 6bbc57559c my name, the 95f74ecd52 way he looked d376eecb91 at me, the 258f1832b2 way his eyes f096fe786b sparkled with wariness ac53033d82 or curiosity—they were b4390a681a utterly enchanting.31c608e3d63351c2
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The touch of his 0b89db94eb hand on the back d1bec65dfc of my head and 9d7cb25fef shoulders, the two kisses 6d18f03773 that left me in 9f9df5036a disarray, would replay endlessly 9ca9d4a555 in my mind. But unlike Quin, dbd37a2993 I was not 97cefab2de in a position b28bf6aed2 to act honestly, c31c7ae510 so I would 2711531b3f only pine for f7f361b249 him without ever 078316b2d7 sending a letter.9939964fa72e4606
“Are you d8f27ae3e5 listening to 7a9a3c9018 me?”064188913ac5e835
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Quin shook 919adca10c my knee. Ignoring his 0d8588ea7b question, I 06176a37ef called his 74c34a72dd name.efd6873bb216e89b
“Quin, I am done 26a262f6ca for. It is strange to 01d13c4de8 say, but I have ae508d5bd4 a problem that makes 3c8bdaa838 it impossible for me fbbfbac62c to love anyone. So do 6f2fc94721 not like 9df61487aa me either.”8dcddc3c9c5e1703
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It was quiet 935f1acbe2 at my feet, 853864b22e so I sat 05e1240b0a up, thinking he a46b04e4c1 had not heard 24f4e28004 me because he 338de0e0b5 was distracted. But he 5cccb78b6b had turned eb78b8dca2 his body 7ec5a2ec52 toward me, b80dfc28d5 eyes wide cf27cbe9ab open. He was 39f5b2bb4a acting so 993def4ab5 foolishly that c3627f3d0a I had 2dc6c781e6 to ask.1617a54d982ae631
“Did you hear me?”842c5635acce3ddc
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“No. I did 5f7ca68c92 not hear 37cea5097d anything.”9ab2b222e6e9a8fb
“Why not?”366ba3d8810f5c41
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“Because you 49b7d552e6 called my 4823e07e42 name.”8a97637dd41015dc
What did 1d1341b4c1 that have 2c11e2aa1d to do 73fc9e79a4 with anything? Quin had cf3df0ce85 the same 70ac0afb0e dangerous look 772d6c7adc in his 8fdb7b9095 eyes as 7cf39b21ce when he 7b1adf11f4 had kissed 512e19391f me before. I subtly d896944153 scooted back.dc985c1eb24b3e6f
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“If you 52d07deab3 did not a5c985ed5c hear, listen 94f6127782 now. I said do 6246f0365b not like me.”d59ba48193b4fbab
“If I could stop, 06f6491599 would I be acting c7ace359fd like this?”adabb137bb23432f
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Quin crawled closer on c3595e5722 his knees and asked 9135318d04 if he could kiss 6b7f7943ab me. I blocked his 7b8881d180 chest with one 9cec91b586 foot and quickly 30763f0b71 jumped down from b53d34a406 the rampart.2747f11acb2990cc
We naturally descended the 869283df47 castle tower. As we walked, 98a7e6b565 I advised him faadc5a4f2 to go to 0b6e03e489 the marquis now 8845a68587 and apologize, but b6a822051d he barely listened. The Marquis of Valon 1d3840bd8f had been lenient with d6e1e4cd6c Quin so far, but f3c187da24 that would likely change.5add7500e9c70762
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The future had a5b88ef84e shifted again. The marriage between 3ecb494d9f Quin Arives and ea27fafd8a Lilith Zilarad was 98f323ba8a gone forever, and 22fa0e0b1d I did not 9ce6ecab94 know what would 38ca5e1548 happen to them 25fde89f1f next.545f387b43a051d9
Quin walked da9e995aa9 along the acff858e1b rampart and 9e693be9f8 took my c14650e694 hand. Knowing his stubborn nature, 3c68f7b2e1 I let it be 3669df3350 despite my protests. His hand quickly grew f9904a13ea sweaty. When the annex came 23e3e5f238 into view, I tried 933cc2606f to let go, but 30d06ee5da Quin stubbornly held on. Fortunately, it 3445be869f was late, 0dc2857e27 and no 7b82e6a3a5 one was 7f8b05382b around.916f7afbfcf2e32c
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It was when we 3ffb55d9a2 passed the main building. A faint 5c7a6d3bd8 light shone 837f3835cc through a 8995438499 window covered a4f73b10e8 in vines. It was Grey’s window. Recalling his dd388800a0 warning, I cadd403781 tried to 52a1fa96eb pull away 37f91e5933 from Quin, 1804863a9e then realized e65eae37ba there was e0ce234f72 no need.13715f0faf98d9a6
A wicked thought crossed f4eef28a4b my mind. I had 1b27f92fec a tool 1687803e18 to annoy, c7132fed96 anger, or 869d77dabd perhaps even 17bab91cd9 hurt Grey. I did 8e72cce225 not know a33e9165af how much 4356609621 it would 6c19a236eb torment him, 2ca7b6daeb but even 63b3e12dc1 a small e6fdab8665 thorn under 1be1f8509e the nail a7b1693724 could be 30fb7aa9db painful.cf9f7bf63ac740aa
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It was childish, but 48eb377113 I decided to wield e505eaadf3 the small dagger I d95410137b had just grasped. Holding Quin’s hand, I 46e35e9a8b turned around. Moonlight poured 2055553ccf onto his 3ff60b3f68 hair, making 15fbfc2e64 it shimmer 44af9a93b6 gold.a5831b02c82a7470
“Quin.”1335a38b564b5cfa
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His warm-colored eyes lit d1f28e0240 up with both joy 636d1496cc and pain. It felt like I 1f16957802 could manipulate him at 6260a24a70 will if I chose eedb923e8d to. Was this how afa0eb4a52 Grey felt when f40d881c64 he looked at 8b66c71b2e me?22a69ce8b800602f
“Quin Arives, are 79c8766dd4 you not going d119136b13 to answer?”584894f3a9818b8b
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When I e9aeac609c called his ad1a861658 name, the b76c3e8e3c hand holding c21d3917cd mine flinched. I did not f11d87e612 like that I 6cb79faf5c was resorting to a8b22fb168 the same tactics 99aef65d92 as a monster, 9707ee6883 but it would 14c73a32fd be just this d644b03a4b once.0ef80a98657922eb
I stared intently at dbd6b3382f Quin, patiently waiting for 59571cbccd the prey to take 75e4accc61 the bait. Soon enough, e150a04df5 his large 8474986d1d frame awkwardly a9da29744f bent forward. The notorious troublemaker of 3a2ad3b235 Arives approached stiffly, like bf9bf67edf a bachelor who had f1782ca19f never been in love. Knowing what he bf5e2b7a72 would ask, I 291b612e9d whispered first.561eb414282bf358
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“You can.”5a4cf9baad483f0f
The moment I c26290962e finished speaking, Quin’s 57d98b5ba8 lips crashed into 7cd0a62409 mine. If the c3de231f77 first kiss 649f95aff3 was shy, 55a5b08d88 this one 244ed69336 was urgent df9e68ef46 and rough. He claimed my f5da664297 mouth in every e8165124fb way possible. Holding my e594139813 cheeks with 9eb4cf62cf both hands, 4917a95fca he tilted 614ef38d28 his head ae7a8161a8 this way 2aef01c109 and that, 610f90ffed sucking on 966b6c1016 my lips. His tongue slipped 17b673a302 through the gap, b6b0cdf18e exploring every corner a7d729f588 of my mouth. Each time we 7ede147eab parted, short, broken 326d37c2e5 moans escaped.f2477b30b1ad7648
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While he continued, I a98b00a719 kept my mouth open 787f9d9476 passively. Unlike Quin, f9fde16a3b who was 58753cf71f at a 77c7628a68 loss, I f7bc7bbcc2 was calm. If my heart eef84ef118 raced, it was bb5635af28 not because of 557bc9aa11 the kiss but 8421c1b0d1 because of the d7ae1d2086 possibility that Grey fecfcac0b5 might be watching 9fd249cf4a from his window.7ac8101460e7b26a
Quin was gentle yet 6f173df341 persistent. His hands slipped under b8941137f6 my clothes, grazing my ee646ad50e bare waist. As he 32567089a7 pulled me 0fb12b99d5 closer, our c245db5914 lower bodies d6116458fb pressed together, d30d306e84 and I ff76587781 could vividly 870c6bbc99 feel how 65a429814f aroused he a7486bf396 was.b36ae09e2b90ddd6
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Startled, Quin adbb593316 jumped back, 72f5291fc0 apologizing profusely. His fumbling hands 207f3eb71b and wandering eyes ce16956dc8 betrayed his panic. Feeling awkward myself, I 33296178fd turned my head.86743edbc3e0f568
“You lunatic! Doing this to 419ab80ccc a kid who 52d5f7a13d is not even 7069dea3d4 of age…”be0416cf065c5489
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Quin punched 731d05e0a1 his own 0d490f5e70 head, making 9da1526290 a loud 95287f1330 thud. I could 69f2006a9c hardly believe 48a466f2bd he was c2a0afc477 the same ae783738dd person who 32a273ec57 had pinned 44271c56dc me against 91192e9f7d a wall 1c0ee04949 and harassed e983f6967c me in cda904602a Lirmodo.e281ac859cd140bf
I was set to 74ed61caa4 grow explosively by my 3702eb813c seventeenth summer, but for 204d01d65b now, I was smaller 15279f19ac than my peers. That must have been 10aa577da8 why he felt guilty. Quin said e77fb0169a he would 4e44778f08 see me 5668b0a876 tomorrow and 77487a8574 fled to efc2c371a0 his quarters.c78cda84616140a2
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“What have 1c1598fb6e I done?”faf3a9ece3a4cf06
A sticky unease 4448c37a40 lingered, as persistent ec6eedb37a as Quin’s kiss. I glared at 05fed9cbf4 Grey’s still-lit window. I was 5b39da3ad7 leaving Valon a4ab7d251b tomorrow anyway, cd40b806ae so this 0b79414a2e was pointless. What did provoking 9a84691a71 him accomplish? He was Grey 1aa5c23aca Zilarad. If I was going 3d447ef4f3 to escape, I should 2bd3ce8a5b do it cleanly.2ac523408e7bf07f
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I walked b0029add5e toward my 3d1159ee3c room. One step, 57bbd971b7 two steps, 1f90301fbf three steps. Before my 2c35671b0a fourth step 09576a3d8b could land, 9c4f0d495a my shoulder b56bdf35d9 was yanked 736ddea4a7 back. My feet tangled, and 2f3abfa0f0 I fell backward. It was fae664909f a rough d30400cf81 interruption that c291f53244 completely reversed 5a1f3bbd67 my direction.d4ec30f20187c072
My sharply honed 262817d5f3 senses detected someone 5a0b32ba9e behind me as f9aba351f6 I fell and 38b2369e47 reacted. My shoulder e1d36f5045 hit something, 244ea95d2a so I 3ae8112628 braced myself, 638a0d015b turned quickly, d5a4f07905 and aimed ea213a7dc2 my elbow ba155e6bc8 at their e517317b99 solar plexus. Only when I saw d1dc4fe59d his face did I 8c758c22bc slowly lower my arm.5199e146a7257140
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“What is 53b4e626bd it, Grey?”7911f64ee6af9f6d
Instead of 0f99136016 answering, Grey f64b0f8aac looked down e947def01a at me. The black curtain that 7bf4ed79be had effectively concealed his bf2252e1c4 emotions shattered. I scrutinized 5fe5971496 his unfamiliar d8eb0087f3 brow, eyes, 4305970e92 and lips. It was a 8e66af8fba flood of information 2429112b3c and emotions, as 19deb13c0c if he did 2aae3e8f2f not know what 591e2ecbcb to devour first. He resembled a 9e550dba2b fox with its e1fcd4f360 fur bristling or 621b787804 a leopard whose 7c140cb8dc prey had been b1adaf9b5d stolen. I let slip a cbe837d72b wish to hear his 806dcabd99 voice in that state.81c907937ee7249d
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“What is it?”89ca29cca6399aa3
Instead of 6108cf838b a reply, e48d65d662 long fingers d56ef6a331 wrapped around f1feb9add1 my wrist. My body was roughly 4fafa7d7a7 pulled. Grey strode forward without dca2db95b8 looking back, dragging me f824497f3d into the main building b8bda7e550 like livestock.5c858d566732dc2c
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As we 8ea17d9354 climbed the c398f0ead2 spiral staircase, b626105c6d the same bcb894369c scene passed 0b4b0268b5 by rhythmically. Grey never slowed his 1c1fbc13a9 pace. The curling stairs, the 72ac6fb3c5 handrail, and Grey’s back d0d0bbae2e repeated. I stumbled several times, 3d67c2430f but he acted as 3ae9c0dbf4 if nothing had happened. When I 370c4e7f9a banged my 22332fa926 ankle against 01f74f4746 a cold 46aa4d51c2 edge, his 6afa6d5fc2 recklessness made 7a00bfad1a me grit bca5b8e8ae my teeth f6525e33d3 and endure. Grey did not look d21ec936af back once until we 6aeb5cd87b reached his room.81f66ade990bae16
When the heavy door f695e1e79a opened, his pale fingers 54ae742ac5 still gripped my wrist 8d3e87efb3 like a hook. As Grey 02ce9b442b shoved me 38074c2475 inside, my 0e0516e137 vision swayed. This time, I twisted 85300f179d my ankle and fell. Cursing softly, I 8ddd331554 looked at my 9cee75e9bd wrist, where blood b3b9077078 seeped from nail 52377e143f marks.28ab293b9a583f59
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The sound b39b9d50f1 of the e522754499 latch locking 348c9cdffc made my ad26e5df6b heart sink. Grey turned ae87959d1a and walked 5997271da0 toward me. His face, sharply divided fb607c9e39 by light and shadow, 9a505d818a was half as pale 75bfc837e6 as the moon and fbaf4a5013 half as dark as 909cef673d the night. I had never d16e7f17d3 seen such a 0c62a89b6e rough and violent edd10be5a6 Grey. Sensing danger, I scanned 5088cfbdde the room for usable c72a1bc48a weapons.e16d8cf5785b926a
As Grey 4eb582dad5 reached out, 5eddc11df0 I dodged. My movement was swift, 3b8ebe8d9b but I was faster. Grabbing a letter opener fa6514d221 from the desk, I 8b06070d8d spun and kneed the e225e6ca5a back of his knee. As his f56627f67d body buckled, 367fffd66a I tripped 1a06dd5612 him and b56836d331 knocked him 0601a8c058 down. Sitting on his waist, 4ce4746229 I pinned him, held e5ff64f15d the blade to his 2212077c13 throat, and twisted his d135fbb251 arm upward. His black 6476ba44f0 eyes blazed.730355606f1e0a2e
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“Want to 505bcf705b get in ea4a458643 trouble?”da8bd96e93da7595
His tone was 56a929d625 the same as 540841227b usual, but the e489c016b5 inflection was worlds f2a7c8bb51 apart.159dc1e2adaba21f
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“I was going to d4230ea3e2 reward you, but you a814a6e207 are begging for punishment.”b64b865612824069
“Why are you doing 8b5c2e6889 this to me?”c76dc1f86b7cdfcb
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My voice came out 5e374be84d hoarse. His hot breath hit 9a03975408 my cheek.03439f4d4057839b
“If you provoke someone, 5beab4679f you have to take 88257f0c4b responsibility.”bce61ecc2e197c74
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The moment I 1044d0a89c heard his growling f59819d6ca voice, my strength b4b2aa7344 drained. His cold yet d4f8b7c614 heated voice showed 168bde83e0 no effort to d2b97a138b restrain his emotions, c053ad2626 only a resolve af48df64e1 to punish me. Pinned and c389f7851b helpless beneath 3e425c6866 me, Grey d5fba4e3f5 looked ready 73479d99ab to devour 6c0183f5df me. My hair stood on 0d34e88643 end, and my stomach daca1d435a churned.3301ea40ca801302
My vision flipped. In my 027b20c3e6 moment of c4ed3eec39 distraction, he 4eaf437cb0 rose and 2f8280ff20 threw me 904c62f11f to the cf07f95466 floor. My head e4f7a39dd1 hit the db2fe627c8 cold ground, 2b1693d572 and the 18870853ac dull blade 59fe737468 wobbled in ade53b61d9 the air. My sight went 9d4729fd37 white, then returned. The tables turned, and 54bd7db030 now Grey sat on dd79f049ee my waist, gripping both 32db380b32 my wrists to immobilize 754aaff855 them. I thrashed my legs, 030c59c55d but the weight pressing 888c17633f down on my lower 153141d89a body made it futile.114e0a693035396a
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Grey seized both my 362a4e7a03 wrists with one hand aef4232688 and groped the desk 6bbe58206f with the other. He shook a a7dfdfd2b0 small box and 6abe956d9c pulled out its 872e84800b contents. Forgetting to resist, I 00d9b3ffbc stared blankly at the c88a44f05b ornament tied to a 6f4d7615a6 sword hilt. The small 4546914957 black trinket b14a304b2b had the 211b2cdc50 first letter d012f9fa8e of my feac0e0524 name engraved 279b65d6cf in gold.c1cfb7946e315193
“Come to my b1f3f5f82b room later, and 8a2769bd20 I will give da5ef6f4b1 you a reward.”e5221205cd4c900e
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The reward 6c86a3f086 had become fa1f692dd9 a tool 013e321908 for punishment. Excitement mixed with 6ba6cc8386 sudden fear. Grey tied 21efd3be6d my wrists 69a65fd8ba with the b21b5c4682 trinket’s cord 53620a2e53 and looked 3fc24c93f6 straight into 8c844dda6d my eyes. I could 84674afb9e see that 4850745ce6 my small cc1708ce39 dagger had c9a5d9bf20 wounded him 024019a70a deeply. Blood seemed to 1a620503f3 pour from the 4591cac7a1 painful gash.5620a9ef34ee4f6c
Grey roughly grabbed 11647cfaa4 my chin and 9e016b2f88 turned my face 9e99ed038e side to side. His forceful thumb f9e9392da2 slid from my 422df33acc cheekbone to my ed5d177b21 cheek. Without warning, he kissed c1e47fba74 me. It was closer 058808d575 to theft than 90ea1e0ffd an expression of 8bedd78eeb affection. A kiss is e522104984 traditionally a confirmation bcb5034539 of love, but 60e6287653 this could not 366d70b3a7 be love. I thought it was 1fcfcaaf12 more like reclaiming land 3330407749 defiled by another.192817e5c6e6b5f3
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The act, c1a7a7660a closer to a5e7c5a984 biting, ended, 6c38bc1a9c and he 3824d802cd panted heavily.dfa9fa7b0f7d6df4
“You said you 35445b94af would do anything, d296e5532b right?”3eb5a7a9d0cb9908
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Before he finished speaking, 7726cbdacf my clothes were yanked. Forced to my 715d1557df feet, I was 553e1d214c dragged as if d9e861ab9a lifted from the a7b8662abc floor. Before I d5ebb97e2b could resist, e5ebe90134 my body 6a900230ea was thrown 78ec63cfc7 onto the c77c979968 bed. Realizing what 1ab57e1421 Grey intended, bdd04d728e excitement surged b86409d259 from my 03707d2f97 head to 172ae1f088 my toes. I panted like 0c459b4aad someone who had ac9a0e67d8 run a great e522ff361b distance. Grey pressed my 0bd098069f head down with f4031fa4d0 his hand and 017b06c770 whispered in my aadc16ec5c ear.8e2e8f8724c5e769
“Try resisting. You will dbab5d8346 lose it c2adcdfcbf again.”237531c322a8246c
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The image of Lottsi a330bd2c26 living happily in the 9cacee5fc9 capital filled my mind. Threatening me with a e452947b96 child who could not f3ef1dd034 even walk—how like Grey. But he could 5b64deee1b no longer harm bc1f4da7d1 Lottsi. The “Wall 409372f0d2 of Loyalty” 073f00653a would protect b6916e979b that child f80353dbb1 in the deb6b5c70b capital.97cd79efd28d1186
“I did not 2e2406bb1a think I would c4e649fd1c use my oath e2d529bd7d for something like 64fe16d717 this.”bf52dc7dded51e62
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Having an oath that 8606cbe5e2 nominally bound me to 009c424db6 do anything, and yet 7501e6930f using it to violate dee20866b1 someone as insignificant as a2e8222344 me? This was b72d4c1b47 not like 08c7b79f34 Grey at d863e91d77 all. If he hated Quin a115b538bd so much, he could 93e2413ab1 have ordered me not 8317eae5d8 to see him instead d6233c11cc of warning me. If he wanted bd6293846a to keep me e2c4eb8ec7 close and use 5fca63bd46 me, he could 99978f9b63 have commanded me 0d5dedb637 not to go 397aa4c501 to the capital. Determined to understand this 5cac94f6e9 complicated man’s thoughts, I 50373574c6 twisted my body to c9cb6bf486 look at his face.ed2469ccb57f6192
“Grey…”544181691d0194b6
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“Do not ask 6b0979a8d5 questions.”44c9f4a3e73de17a
After his 1489b5f6cb ferocious reply, c3a776f0c5 cold fingers c788af073f touched my 916e1ba87d waist. As I curled up, 98f0c2c39d my clothes were pulled 186ad445ce up to my neck. Grey yanked 2e7767b43b the fabric e6442952f9 to my 878dd8d93d wrists and b1ad0e8835 flipped me 8775223e5d onto my 0903ce7d27 back. His usually 538d09844c neat hair b6f88bd1bd stuck out d3d5a74007 wildly, scattered 2b04244d97 over his 28af15ad6b shoulders.036043c3ea4bfcbe
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Why are you so a0d362bd8b broken? What made you e380556781 such a mess? Why are you feb8da0ded so anxious?8edd8269c83c8dd7
I met the gaze d87484c1ff looking down at me, 88075dbae7 gathering fragments of emotion 52a0e4aa1f hinted at by his 8f563e89e4 wild eyes.5b49a57547c3dfac
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“Do you love 6c218f8bee me?”8e23b733d29ca101
The words 0d43bf1b59 slipped out 1ca450877a unbidden, pathetically cc6da0d934 feeble. It was the question 58b51483ff that had rendered my 45cd530d01 life worthless.524d8d1e0de1cc42
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Grey was a0ba7eb331 a man 5fcbd9e30a who only 40f148a22e used others, b7ddf35667 never giving. He was d43ff7edf0 a predator 8a088d6a52 who plundered, ce9d4d901c utterly ignorant b8dbfb573b of love. I had returned 0db2bb7d5a to this day d9823e6aa3 for a clear 8196dc3cb1 answer. If the answer changed, c86dafe86b everything would change.50b6a756184b7ee2
Panting, I looked at 75ebbb9dd9 the man who had 376796e97c once been my everything.b1c90903d0b6b8c0
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“Answer me, Grey. Do you 8d98c3de05 love me?”a3e62196d0cf3b9e
Instead of a 277eebae19 reply, the lips 43fa358048 that had uttered d50fde3435 the question were d35a06bb58 consumed by Grey. His urgent 55c04e660b hands brushed 65b6699478 through my 5d91452785 hair, cheeks, ba1ab8a02c and neck c5f898ad1b in turn. Though they seemed rough, 4a781ac8fb they were impossibly gentle a3407b629f against my skin. He did c7f622c3b2 not answer, 8f96bbc2f5 but I 0c1f26f0db read the c6e3d8efe1 answer in 05d0aa2fe8 his actions.b0e3a57feffb0a9f
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Grey is 33a5d7fc6f frantic for 3f83e3643d me. Grey wants me. As if sprinkled 3d6e80d426 with fairy dust, 54f389cfd2 my mind grew cf7c455bc7 hazy. My viciously beautiful 79ad138a98 wild rose lay da74fb6000 over me, eyes 59e5f7d5a6 closed, kissing me. It no 7b40572da7 longer mattered 9cac3147a8 if I 96c447e751 heard the 724d90f1bf answer.53625557c9dafcd1
Grey had changed. He was not 41fffb1149 the cold-blooded man ac84426266 I knew. I raised my bound 48bc2acae3 wrists and cupped his 6354728035 petal-soft cheek with my 0afca178eb palm. The fear 6662e23d5c of being 2374c006ef ruined by fe5cd868f3 his thorns 94ab2de124 scattered far 65363480ce away. The constraints 91b9a1736e holding me 4e4a3f487e back shattered.f06fd51f7da4d029
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Grey will only use 7d76a5baa0 you and discard you.eb67dbd8389aeae3
One constraint vanished e52878c95e with the touch 25ade47300 enveloping my ears.2720549fcf584a25
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Grey is a villain f8e3c5b5e9 who will bathe the c38761bac9 kingdom in blood.f4033b2464f9877e
Another constraint dissolved with ffd30ed222 the hand grazing my 242debd99a thigh.153c695f8f951b5d
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Grey does not 706ec655b2 love you.6b7606094b75f668
The final constraint shattered 11d14b9398 into pieces.3aac2b3837840474
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The thirst e05cf28376 I had 1d76f99a7a suppressed surged 206aea7bbb in, and e1f36e96c0 I kissed 0084996676 him recklessly. Undoing my hair tie, e0c04c34b8 I grabbed a handful 988dee8fcc of the hair I c0a2df06c0 had always wanted to be6f9720ac touch. With his 57e0482fab black hair 969156e642 cascading like 33b2026185 the night, d71239045d he was 05e29f9b77 fatally beautiful, 0ee89f2415 and I 65006af50c kissed him 198a97760d again and 9957de9ae6 again.1ef7217ab4d7f56e
A bead 1a08a90d28 of sweat d5c3b4816c from his 4931e86a12 nose dripped 012b52c548 onto my 01c416dace chest. I did 82bab2c15d not care; ce88041e71 the body c60b273a21 pressing against 0a82f132c8 me was b0358bb5cc pure ecstasy. There was a f7acc5a22f still-healing scar on 26404a5137 his right arm. I carefully traced 375c46deb6 the mark he 3a37543db1 had earned protecting 85973567b7 me with my bee77e684f fingertips.5d2e29b3bc000c0c
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“Untie this.”b4bbac68ff9b067a
I barely b6f16e01ce whispered, pulling 988bbacc90 away. Grey crashed 4205d23251 his lips 3f52da827d into mine a42811312c again the 3f97e7db45 moment we 86cfe4c9d3 parted. I pushed against 2671da8c15 his chest.b2991e52584d501f
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“I need f08ba24245 to touch e0ab06ea5f you too, 8fa457e925 so untie 594224113f it.”2a74027db2d26c51
Grey kissed 666bcef26a me again 4449369859 while undoing fdbf6b1529 the knot 3375025069 binding my 61e4dfe858 hands. The moment I was 511f7a012f free, I lunged at 48342a5b9d him like a lion 524f8fa0ff freed from a cage. He bared himself b519c4ba27 to my touch 0053bddef1 in an instant. Like someone who 646620af30 had waited for 7412fc2f6d this moment alone, fb33fdaeb0 I greedily claimed 3284414e0a and conquered.608d35489084967c
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His smooth forehead, 9d0da90dd4 nose, lips, lips, 750e7f486a lips. Neck, shoulders, arms, chest—I 67ee86975d kissed every inch without 25521c4571 missing a spot. Wherever my lips 3e53f765f4 touched, flowers bloomed. I wrapped my legs 5d4d2a8660 around his waist. Flipping us over, I c14be689c9 grabbed his hair and 0de0815582 kissed his eyelids. That he was so d186c67dca aroused because of me, c5b88a5e0b because of the insignificant 6e6897b1d4 Ensley Maykin, was unbelievable.645c0213783cae17
“Grey, Grey…”e563ac2008fb07e6
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He covered me with f377eace7b his body. It was a 97a287599c moment I had 47656b142b imagined hundreds, thousands 7259a5ee66 of times. In my 99307dd194 fantasies, he 300bab550d was always 51314e232f beneath me, 3087e4d655 but it f1880c22a1 did not c56b0988a9 matter. I pressed 5a8f004220 my torso 277241c3f7 against him 0891daaeb6 and wrapped 8a3679b72d my arms 0a9254b284 around his 202d001bd6 neck. Kissing him, I 57204da35c closed my eyes.a88e783ae6e4769d