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"Were you happy for her?"

"No," Nora ad then I e to try to mend the rift Didn’t work Instead she found out about me and Søren It was a bad time I didn’t speak to her for three years So … you should forgive Kingsley and your mother" She poked him in the chest "Trust me on this Do it now before it’s too late"

"I want to love hiave her a tired smile

"I’ll tell you the story of him and Sam and his club, The 8th Circle, one day Then you’ll love him"

"Tell me now"

"No, it’s al for her and pulling her close

"Do you like being needed?" She settled against his chest, so broad and so war another life depends on ht choice to put its faith inneeded? Yes Very o I didn’t want children, not even Søren’s And it’s why I’ve never owned anyone"

"Never?"

She shook her head "I’ve had pets--human ones But that was just play at the club I never owned anyone the way Søren ownedresponsible for another hu? For years? Sounds like a prison sentence I don’t even have plants"

"You should try it," he said "It’s not as bad as you think it is It’s not always a prison Sos and queens"

He brushed her hair off her shoulder Nora s her lips "What’s the s I said once--it’s nothing" She kissed his fingertips

"You said you never needed Søren, but he needed you"

"He did, yes Even after I left him he would call me sometimes and tell me he needed me I loved him so I went to him"

"Did that feel like a prison sentence to you?"