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Indeed, it was going to be difficult to wait Everyin his war that she take his shaft inside herself and let him bathe her inner channel with his seed That hat she needed to get through her first ripening, but she was going to have to wait a little while until she healed, she told herself

At least now that the awful spreader was out of her, she felt much less anxious She knew that Bard could take her when the time came and that made her happy, if a little impatient

Soon, she told herself We’ll be together soon And after the first ripening is over, hopefully he’ll want to marry me

It didn’t —her body was telling her that Bard was the man for her And Makenna was determined to listen to that little voice inside her—the one telling her that Bard was the one she needed to be with for the rest of her life

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After they ate, Makenna see She needed some new clothes to wear because his definitely didn’t fit her

Bard didn’t know anything about fashion, so he took her to a shop he’d heard so about and found a helpful saleswoman

The salesworeen eyes, wason all kinds of pretty clothes that co, dark eyes

Makenna, for her part, was delighted to try on the clothes Bard asked her to choose her favorites and she seemed to understand, because she pointed them out She showed a definite preference for jewel tones—crimson and deep purple and eh to be honest, anything looked lovely on her, Bard thought to himself

He couldn’t help s around in the dresses she had picked—(she wasn’t interested in anything rese, he speculated)—and exclaie with excitement

The trip was a complete success until he went to pay the bill and the saleswo him said,

“Oh hter is as cute as can be! Are all these clothes a birthday present?”

“My daughter?” Bard asked blankly, caught off guard

“Oh, I’ht pink “Is she not your daughter? I just thought she must take after her mom I mean—”

“Never oing”