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"Just don’t forget"

He put both hands back on the wheel and fear crept over rave expression "I wanted to call you when I got out, but it’s not always safe I’d rather scout out an area and talk in person Tell me hoith that nun at the convent"

My stoht of the information we’d never know

"We didn’t ht Ia sword hilt without a blade"

The car swerved a little I kept talking

"Kaidan thinks it’s a Sword of Righteousness"

My father jerked the wheel hard to the side of the road and slarabbed the door handle and braced ainst whiplash When we stopped I looked around, but there were no cars behind us He turned in his seat with a wild look on his face

"Describe it to me," he demanded I told him how it looked and what happened when both Kaidan and I touched it He stared atheartbeats before s, "Yeah!"

I ju, because I didn’t feel like cheering when I thought of the hilt But so about his sheer excite Soonna use you My little soldier girl"

Soldier girl? It was hilarious in an impossible-scenario kind of way

"What do you think I’irl There’s a lot you need to learn first I want you to be able to protect yourself when I’ht cos you don’t like, to stay safe You " He ran a critical eye over ot this all-natural sweet-and-innocent thing going on Much as I hate to say it, you probably need to do soonna need to learn your drinking limits I don’t want you to end up in a situation where you don’t know your boundaries"