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‘He has been busy’

Edge’s mouth picked up at the corners His first true smile for her for days Her sad little heart stretched itself at his feet like a panting puppy

Oh, Edge I a it

‘So have you, Sam That was quite an attack’

‘You heard it?’

He nodded

‘How much of it?’

‘Most of it Rafe was already in the corridor when I went to fetch hio in and stop her, but he said’ Edge spread out his hands as if trying to explain the unexplainable ‘He said to trust you I’m sorry’

‘You’re sorry?’

‘I should have protected you, not the other way around’

‘I was a vicious shrew’

‘Not vicious Protective A lioness, as e Boadicea Hatshepsut Cleopatra Nike’

‘Nike is mythical, not real’

‘Many myths are based on reality Besides, I don’t need conificent, Sam Thank you’

‘You’re not angry?’

‘Mybeen rescued froon by the damsel, but I find I rather like the experience’

‘You lookstrange’

‘I’’

She smiled as well

‘That is not what I mean’