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Brochan mumbled her name, and Viola soaked in a haze of war in love In the core of her being, she knew they had a chance at happiness here But…

Would he pass her test?

Tension settled into her bones Sweat glazed her palh? She refused to offer her heart to anyone with skewed loyalties Good intensions were nice and all, but they enuine dependability

Stoled from her companion She rose, careful not to wake the beasts, both the big and the small In the bathroo the cos followed her She didn’t want to lose Brochan There was no warrior fiercer, more brilliant, or more beautiful, and she deserved the best He had to pass her test He just…had to

A snarl sounded behind her, startling her She whipped her head around and gasped “Brochan”

He loomed in the entrance to the stall, his hands braced on opposite sides of the wall, his naked body leaning in Any trace of his huht up Flaression rippled through his wings The led rocks under his blue skin He pitched his breaths

He was hard “I woke up and you were gone I thought you’d left ain”

A pang rent her chest, and her stomach fluttered This ferocious male would absolutely pass her test

Softening, she told hi to you first”

“You won’t leave ht of not having her in his life, even for a moment, had wrecked him

She dipped her gaze over his body “Is that what you came to tell me?”

“I heard the water and re before” He stepped into the stall A single step

“Whoa Hold up” She held out her hands to ward hio any further, we should talk” The test… Best to get it over with

Concern exploded from him “Do you still feel sick? Unwell or weak in any way?”

“No I’o”

“Do you worry Fluffyhe shouldn’t? Because he left the bedroo”

“No,” she repeated with a shake of her head

He didn’t relax, tension crackling in the air “Then I don’t want to talk I want to take what’s mine”