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Sang’s arms moved up around his neck He dropped his hands to her waist and looked down at her

Her s fraure out hoon’t be involved”

“Is it about your ghost bird status? Are you worried about that?”

She blinked rapidly and shook her head “No, butI mean, that’s not the first priority” She drifted

“You’re not being questioned Not if we can help it Don’t worry”

“What about all thathere?”

He looked into those lovely green eyes for a ht words that would help her understand Instead of answering directly, he pulled her in, hugging her and holding her close

She leaned into hiainst him She felt stiff still, but she buried her face in his shoulder

“Us first,” he said quietly “Family”

“I know,” she said

He pressed his lips to the side of her head, kissing for a long od-awful shaiven her

The bell rang, and before he could lose the opportunity, he nudged her until her head tilted up

He kissed her Hard and deep, trying to give her sole, risky kiss

She responded, her ue licked at his lips once before retreating

HeThe tiet ready Hearound with clothes and brushing her hair

Heabout her when she wasn’t around

He broke the kiss off but continued to hold her close, kissing at her face a couple of ti back “Don’t worry,” he said His voice was deeper and raspier than before “You wait In a couple of days, we’ll have this all sorted One way or another Either we’re still here and we’ll still be on our mission, or it’s over and we leave Either direction isn’t terrible”

She breathed in hard enough that her shoulders rolled back and her chest pressed against hiain “I need to remind myself of that”

He pulled ahen the door opened Danielle alking in with Marie

He tried to look casual after being close to Sang He went to the table, overlooking the folders sitting there with their na up a pencil

“Where’s the doc?” Danielle asked “You know, it’s so hard to take him seriously as a doctor when he used to play football with the rest of you on er”

Nathan sed since then “He’s in the et back In the meantime, do the test”

Danielle rolled her eyes “Tell me it’s not timed”

“It’s not,” Sang said “All he said was follow the instructions” She opened her folder, but soed She wasa bit more confidence than before

If only Nathan felt the saet out of this one completely unscathed

Individual Feelings

Sang

Nathan apped out for Kota close to lunch, but the test took ages to complete

The questions weren’t difficult, but there were long passages to read, instructions on how to complete it I wasn’t sure of the purpose since it wasn’t about history orI didn’t really have to take itNorth or the others

Danielle often hs and slumped over the table Marie focused on her work, but she leaned over as well, looking irritated and bored