r usual confidence. "You saw it? Th

id. He looked at her with the same

," he

led through

tongue with terrifying ease. "I didn't think it was appropriate for Mrs. Holden to b

you would have preferred her t

ourse not. That was... very

ore. It was a rescue. Adrien Larsen, the untouchable bill

oe started, desperate

off. "He wouldn't know a woman fro

at Aurora and e

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led her to her feet effortlessly. She swayed, dizzy, and he steadied h

whispered, her

g the jacket on her shoulders. T

his voice dropping to a frequency only she coul

s face returning t

drien ordered the st

disappearing into the dar

like him-cedar and smoke. It was heavy o

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