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"I could throttle your father," he said, teeth bared "I could throttle him for what he did to you"

"The fact that you were assassinated in front of rowled, put a hand on my chin "I intend to have you both"

I didn’t ht of the fire and emotion in his eyes But the sheer "alphaness" of it tickled me "The child isn’t even here yet, and you’re already overprotective"

The er dropped incrementally

"Does it matter that I said I wouldn’t hand you over to her?"

I put a hand on his cheek "I’m not anyone’s to be handed over, or to be accepted Mallory and I are volunteering for an op that ht That’s not an opportunity I intend to pass up And look at it this way: We are inherently more capable than the mayor and her cabal of bureaucrats"

"So I shouldn’t consider you prey--I should consider you hall monitors?"

I grinned at him "Exactly But minus the teacher’s-pet overtones"

"I believe we’ve just crossed into some personal territory"

"Possibly" I so and bravery parts done with, can we talk about how truly and terribly bad this plan is?"

As expected, Ethan smiled, just a little "It’s truly and terribly bad" He leaned down and moved his mouth over mine, a whisper of a kiss "I love you"

"I can tell," I said with a grin And then yelped when he pinched me

"I love you, too, you tyrant"

Ethan snorted, took my hand "That’s Darth Sullivan to you, Duchess"

I just shook my head

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