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There was a noticeable buzz of frenetic energy that pulsed in the air when they rejoined the rest of Pippi’s faht, and this, for a man like him, spoke volumes

Pippi, however, took just a few seconds longer to reach the sa the hallway eh of relief, and she relaxed even reeted the in her corner, Rue and Mynt were chatting by the couch, and Astrid and the three old ladies were having tea at the dining table

Clearing her throat, Pippi said with a deterht smile, “We’re back”

Oh, hello

Hey

We didn’t notice you

Is everything good now?

But this time, Pippi saw past the instant chorus of cheerful responses It was all there, in the way they were quite unable tolittle smiles…

Pippi’s horrified gaze flew to Acheron “You said they wouldn’t hear—”

“And we truly did not,” Great-Aunt Agatha interrupted her from behind

“Not a blessed thing for the past fifteen ail emphasized

“And that, my dear, said it for all for us,” Great-Aunt Alice finished fully

Pippi let out a wail of e, and her color deepened when she heard Astrid and her sisters laugh

Acheron was inclined to do the sa blue eyes was too enchanting to resist “There’s nothing to be asha you is one of my responsibilities as your boyfriend—” A chorus of oohs had Pippi looking like she was about to cry and turn into a tomato all at the saether to contain his smile

Rescuing da the But with Pippi, he found hi to it like a duck to water, and when she turned to hiainst his chest, Acheron felt like he had just been knighted for the Round Table

It did notsense for hi Pippi seek coood, Acheron decided it was best not to exas too closely

He would cross that bridge when he had to, and not a fucking second too soon

Another fifteen oodbyes to Pippi’s family, and she walked hi in the afterle to keep a blush off her cheeks Questions plagued her le one of theht, but what scared her even more was how little she cared