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"If you hope to defeat er pair of balls Would you like to borrow a pair from my case?"

--Thane, Sent One

IN HIS BEDROOM, Baden stripped hiar to burn them later and scatter the ashes

"Wait!" She rushed to the clothes and dug through the pile Athat had transpired today

She stood, radiating relief, and strode to the bed, where she straightened the pillows

"The bed is fine as is" He picked her up and carried her into the bathroomplaced her in the shower stall Hot water sprayed and steam thickened the air He climbed in behind her to wash the blood from her, still rocked to the core that she’d cried today

Rocked to the core, and torn to shreds The beast prowled through his e and inconsolable They could have lost her The way Baden’s friends had once lost him

And really, Baden could have lost Galen and Fox, too Hellhounds had had the pair pinned in the kitchen, ready to attack As exasperating as both warriors were, he’d realized he liked having the Katarina, the hounds had backed down and joined their pack in the yard, where they had reht" He cupped her cheeks, wet skin against wet skin "The dogs are your personal arain"

"I’, then, and I’ll fix it" He would fix it and every other problem for the rest of her life She was his His to pleasure and to pas Will always protect

Never letting her go

She gazed up at hiht noant to enjoy you, to make a memory that will last forever"

If she wanted a ive her aher onto his lap She straddled his thighs, the showerhead at her back Without preaer deep inside her