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“Yes, it’s ue without thought as he took her hand and tugged her toward him

She crumpled onto her knees and latched her hands around his neck Catching her with both arainst his chest “Shhh,” he repeated as his insides filled with unfathoone”

“It was huge,” she gasped

“No, he was just a little guy,” he teased, hoping to ease her fears “And he’s gone now”

“Where’d it come from?”

He shouldn’t be enjoying holding her, for she was scared, but she felt so good pressed against hiown separated his chest fro a hand down the length of her hair, stopping to press his palm into the small of her back, he answered, “It must have been left over from one of the crates or barrels”

“What did it want?”

She was cal out in tiny gasps, but he continued to run a hand up and down her back “A mouse or two, I’d suspect”

“I don’t mind mice”

Her voice was so tiny and meek he s between her shoulder blades He’d watched her brush it out, standing in the doorway back at their cabin last night, and wondered Five years ago, Millie’s hair had hung past her waist He re differences between them She’d said Millie had no style

People could cut their hair, did all the tiain in the past few hours, while telling himself he wasn’t jealous of Per-Cum-Ske’s interest in her Yet Seth had also started to wonder if he’d judged too quickly Started questioning if this could in fact be Roseed They’d spent only a few hours together back then, and she had been upset—which could bring out the worst in people If only he had a picture to compare But he didn’t Other than the one in his ly over the years