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"Uh-huh," was all I was capable of in way of response Toohim back onto me

"I realized that I never really answered that question" He propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at me

God, he was beautiful

"Oh?" I wondered if I would ever be capable of intelligent speech again It see activities it wasnʼt going to do so

"I thought you should know that the answer is yes I love you, Scout"

"You canʼt be in love withto work

His posture went fro without much in the way of movement "I canʼt?"

"You barely know me," I said "Iʼm just the coyoteʼs sister youʼre supposed to stay away froet the whole ʻforbidden fruitʼ attraction, but thatʼs not love If Toby hadnʼt told you to leave lance You would have realized what a loser I a I had been thinking out loud I didnʼt want his were going too far We were both going to end up hurt if it didnʼt end soon

"You are not a loser"

"Oh, I pro list of character references that will be happy to confirm that for you"

"And Iʼm not just with you because youʼre ʻforbiddenʼ" The back of his fingers grazed my jaw line "I know exactly who you are, and I love you"

"How?" I was desperate for him to convinceposition in a raceful that a normal human wouldnʼt have been able to achieve it "Did you know that Iʼh ht only fe about our relationship

"Iʼ line of Seers can produce a male that has so stuff, but so each other,ed upwards and his eyes shone brightly "I was eight years old the first time it happened In the dreareen apples The air was heavy and sweet sly hot