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She set the vial and her handbag down on a table "I knohat you did for h, actually And I understand that you have a duty to protect your kind It rong of "

"Then you forgive ive ed forward and pulled her into his arht "I love you, too"

"Thank God" He kissed her brow "I have so hard in my pants"

She snorted "Your phone?"

"No" He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a large golden disc "It’s a ave it to me"

"Oh, it’s beautiful" She took the disc and exa cere the Vamps And Roman named me his heir apparent That means I’ll be the next Coven Master for the East Coast"

"That’s wonderful! You h his hair "Actually, it doesn’t mean much to me if I can’t share it with you I want to be with you, Abby"

"You do?" She set the medal down on the table

"Yes And I’ll make you happy You’ll see You can have all the freedom you want You can work at your old job or here with me And if you want to live close by, we can buy a house"

"Are you asking me to live with you?"

He stepped back "Well Actually, the thing is" He pulled a stress ball from his pocket and squeezed it "I kno ht have auh, rinning "More binding?"

"Yes" He tightened his fist around the stress ball "Not that I intend to imprison you in any way I realize a co time, and I don’t want you to feel trapped - "