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It took her a couple of seconds to figure out the system on her end “Since when is a hand on your shoulder ‘wrapped around you’?”

The old sadness and older hurt he’d sensed in her since the instant she came face-to-face with her brother was still there, but he could hear his Ash rising through it “Ah, perhaps I a in a fantasy Foolish male that I am”

A snort sounded from behind hi her chest flush to his back, the strength of her grip ed, potent need inside his again

“So, I ask and I receive You’re in a generous rin was bright “What’s a cuddlebunny?” he asked, genuinely curious

“You, at the moment Sexy, non?”

He loved it when she teased hihter was husky, and it was all he needed to hear

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They rode for hours, taking a break now and then to stretch their legs or adet so to hit caffeine overload at this rate,” she pointed out the second time Janvier un to fall soft and pretty and no challenge to Janvier’s skill at handling the bike

“Humor me, cher I don’t want you frozen” A wicked s about my blood”

“Now you ask for the impossible from your cuddlebunny”

With each mile that passed, each playful word from him, Ashwini felt more and more of the strain caused by the unexpected encounter with Arvi leaching awayandinto the hands of the hter to heal it

What was she going to do about this, about the her distance Because, as proven by her current position, the latter had proved a spectacular failure, and the for they’d becoht,” she said when Janvier brought the bike to a halt at a gas station on their way back to Manhattan, the air clear of snow onceoff his helmet, Janvier looked over his shoulder at her “About what?”

“About peopleinterrupted her words “Hold on,” she said, her heart sla into her ribs because the decision about what to tell Janvier ht call wasn’t froo cold; the Guild Director wouldn’t be calling her at a quarter after eleven unless there was a serious problem “Sara, what’s happened?”

“Cops just contacted ed as Guild business Fro”

Ashwini had steeled herself for bad news, but Sara’s words knocked the air out of her nonetheless “Daainst Janvier’s shoulder, she closed her eyes for a second before flicking the condition, Ash You know that”

Janvier tapped her thigh and made a motion for her to cover the phone so they could speak