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"How? There is no way you could have known"

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His lips pursed as he put his thoughts together I’d seen the ive him this, he was an acco to be arrested One of the other Edge Guards told me to watch my back He said if they took you, and I tried to stop theed with treason You have your father looking out for you, Lark I’ve got no one with power on ain for my hand, but I kept my distance "Why didn’t you warn o to e of what could happen? At least then I could have been prepared for what ht happen, as it was--"

"Because then you would have so for theo, Lark I was doing what I thought was best to protect you and ht for you and kept you free, I would have, you have to know that But ere outnumbered The only chance was that you would be pardoned, which you were, and then we could be together again Which we can be"

His words sounded good, and there was a ring of truth to theed with uncertainty Not souy

I blew out a breath and he saw my acquiescence Without another word he swept me into his arry for more than just his coh punches and slaps Nothing that I would call soothing or loving A niggle of guilt ate at ht of him even once in the last

Or maybe I just needed a different kind of outlet Whatever the case, I gave in to the lust

It was a struggle to get out of our clothes as we tu the dirt at the sa each other down to bare skin The ferns and undergrowth cloaked us, hid our bodies I ranthe muscles I knew all too well, over his firain His lips caressed my face, brushed over my eyelids, my cheeks, and finally ainst one another, taking solace in each other’s bodies, and for just a ht I stroked a hand down the side of his face and he sue darted out to taste my own

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