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"Okay," I say finally, thoroughly exhausted "I need a break"

"We cannot stop all night," he warns

"I know Just for a bit?"

The Shadow Knight relents, albeit unhappily He leads us off the road

When he's not looking, I let od - I haven't had blisters since I was a kid! I forgot how

He chooses a spot at the base of a hill to offer so by and sits down I sit beside hi

"My warriors canto rest," he says

"I'in chattering soon after we stop

"Never met a battle-witch who could not start a fire"

"Are you trying tothem with my arms "Maybe it was a bad idea to stop" I' froainst mine as he shifts closer A moment later, his arood idea," I say, tugging away My thoughts go to earlier, when he see to hurt his fiancée's feelings

"I respect your honor and your cowardice You need rest"

After a brief hesitation, I let hi us onto our sides, he wraps his other ars drapes overmy hands to my chest, I rest a cheek on his bicep and breathe in the scent of brownies and grass, unable to recall when I last experienced anything nearly as co, his chest wide and fir in the cold air like I a heat that banishes the chills from me completely I'd like to think I offer so into him, but I'm pretty sure I don't

Instead, my eyes close, and I relax He maneuvers me until he, too, is comfortable, my face tucked into the nook of his neck while his chin rests onbriefly onmy jawline The ht, rather than meant to provoke the fire in my blood