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Prologue

As E ar, the colors of the skyline bled together in a twilight smear of pink and blue She warainst hers The Seine was to their left as they walked toward the Arc de Trioone and the electric glow of the city would rise around theht at their love

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“I have to,” she protested half-heartedly “My parents will expect me back—”

“You can call them”

“And the new selasses up a little She was tempted to take them off to clean them, but that would take two hands, and he’d already called her on cleaning them when she didn’t want to face him

“How can you possibly choose Ohio over Paris? Overaccent His R’s just disappeared in every word, and it gave Caitlyn a chill to hear him speak His dark eyes shone with amusement, but there was an unfaned It wasn’t so build and confident swagger, the man who had swept into Caitlyn’s life this summer and pried her out of her tiny dorm room and made every day an experience

Their hands swung between them, she in her loose skirt and peasant blouse, and he in ratty jeans, snug shirt, vest, and a beanie over his blond curls Caitlyn looked up at his sharp jawline, the way his hair fell into his clear blue eyes He was the h he sometimes had the fashion sense of a turnip It was still hard to believe that Emrys was real, and even harder to believe that he was interested in a short, shy girl from the Midho had barely dared to venture out of state for a study abroad program in France

“Tell your father how educational it would be,” Eested “That alorks with my father Tell yours what an apt teacher I’ve been”

A deep blush spread across Caitlyn’s cheeks and ears There was never any hiding it, but she brought a hand up to cover anyway, causing Eh that deep, throaty chuckle of his and pull her flush to him Her head bowed in embarrassment

“Y-you’ve been an aher in emphasis “You’re a real pro!”