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"Feel free But I suspect her lessons have strengthened her ic"

"No icians, you ht, I felt her power in the hallway"

"Are you sure it wasn’t Owen’s? She hasn’t reached puberty yet"

"Do I need to cite all the exae, unexpected and i "If she’s a protégée, then she’ll be a target I just"

"Want to protect Reema?"

"Of course"

"Then it’s a good thing she’s learning how to defend herself"

I huffed "Don’t be all logical when I want to be irrational and overprotective"

"Now you kno I feel"

"You? Irrational?"

He grabbed ed me toward him I settled on his lap

Valek pulled ic And when it comes to you, love, I can be extremely irrational"

"Is that so? Give er bywith the news about your e of this unique, and hopefully brief, opportunity to target you The logical thing to do was to wait until youran ideal time may have been impossible," I said

"I’d like to believe we’d find awould have been torture I’m empty without you"