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before I

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I said

last thing I said

urmured, folding my arms. "That I sh

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, voice like ice. "And when I'm re

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ter," she said o

could close behind h

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ed... da

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h only smiled and nodded in greet

door

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her to hide the w

ts were r

mpting.

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've than

d, "What's your

guard. "To help you feel bet

what

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ing," she whispered, her voic

rd. I stared at them, unable to tear my eyes away. My wolf Drekkar wasn't helping either he was

thing," she added, stepp

dn't

. "I'll do anything to make you feel bette

thi

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she s

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ned halfway, ey

to back off, to stop whatever was a

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hit me like a drug. It was intoxicating, sw

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growled, not truly angry-ju

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ou do what I

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on her