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"If I had that bond, things in etfixed"

"Like what?"

"I have a fear as strong as your phobia about heights" She nibbled her bottom lip "I’host"

"Sleep-ghost? Like sleepwalking?"

She nodded "I float through the bed into the ground When I co the other way? And those stars see the past teeks"

"It only happens when I’ If I had a bond with someone, it would--I don’t know-- away; I fear extinguishing et, he wondered if he was like Darach--one fateful transition away froon shifter, who’d abandoned his huon forever

Josephine wanted Rune to be her anchor? To hold her hand and keep her tethered to him? That, at least, seemed achievable In return, she could ain

Maybe we could be each other’s anchors

He reached for her, s his thurew even more luminous As he stared into them, he said, "I could keep you with me"

Her face lit up; his fell

He’d used zero qualifiers Was she ain? Exasperated, he said, "I want you, Josephine I’ll wait no longer" He was about to go into all the reasons her refusal was ridiculous--

"Okay"

Huh? "I want you completely"

Her lips curled

"As in sex I want sex" He was fu with him?

Her sht now Or he could let her believe they would be exclusive, when he had every intention of bedding others

Every intention of re the same

She’d told hih Toe If they were to have any kind of future together, it would be on his terms--or not at all "Are you sure you want to risk my poison?"

"Already told you I don’t think there’s a risk But if we’re even talking about this, then you oing to lie I do think there’s a chance I’ve got protection" He rolled up his sleeve to reveal a runic combination he’d inked in preparation

"I’ve never seen those symbols"