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She was refreshing

“Are you hi around Her voice had a bored tone to it, as if she weren’t being held prisoner in a foreign country by a man she didn’t know—or didn’t know she knew “Are you the prince who ordered me to be detained?”

He opened his mouth to answer her, but before he could…she turned around

And he forgot what he was going to say, who he was, or even why he was here The second she met his eyes, she froze, too, and she stumbled back, a hand pressed to her chest “I… You…”

And then she fell silent

After a few ers into his pal time, no see”

She dropped her hand fro “Leo?”

He nodded once “Yes”

“But…” She took a step forward

He waited for her to finish her sentence, but she didn’t

She closed the distance between the his heart beat faster than before By the tiiven out on him completely

Slowly, she reached out and touched his cheek, her lips parted in surprise “Is it really you?”

“Yes” He curled and uncurled his fingers, then brushed her hair off her face, unable to resist feeling her skin against his again She flinched “It’s really me, my lady”

“You look good,” she said, her voice lost in wonder “Really good”

Heat slah hiined you would grow up to be”