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I was not sure hoould have ever stopped kissing, or how deep I ht have lostof tolves not pierced the night

Victoria

I supposed, deep down, Bastien and I had sensed all along that ere on a collision course Others like Brucella had just seen the end before we had

Bastien had known the fatality of that kiss And yet, as he crushed his lips against nizant He kissedti beca He claione long past reasoning, too My vision was still blurry when Bastien’s lips unclasped fro fro we just heard? I wondered, trying to piece the fragether It sounded like it had co after that was a blur of confusion to rabbedfor the portal

"Wait!" I gasped "Bastien!"

What’s he doing? Is he going to drop h the portal?

If that had been his intention, he never got the chance Tolves bounded down froht broolf, Brucella, and a muscular darker broolf, Dane A part of me was hardly even surprised to see the stalked at every opportunity They had just been waiting for us to slip up

I guessed they had followed him out here from the mountain Bastien should have noticed, and perhaps he would have, had we not been so wrapped up in each other

Brucella and Dane positioned the our way

"You have gone too far with this wench, Bastien," Brucella hissed "I will not have you hter and our family!"

"Tilint in his eye

They launched at us Bastien bolted backward and leapt without warning, sending us into a heart-stopping freefall off the cliff Wind sliced past my ears Then, with a violent jolt, we caround Bastien hadhold of a sturdy branch I glanced back up at the ht of Dane and Brucella thundering down

"Hurry!" I breathed