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to give her a chance to

master the courage to speak with he

be joking

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ven't even hear

whole story to distinguish fac

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space between them and craned he

weight of his words slowly pe

he had imagined the

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her being

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at her, feeling forced to talk mor

as undoubted

calmly explained, "As I have no intention

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for this to be treated w

to why you are still standi

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d while his hands fumbled wi

ce fell. Her lips parted but before any word

found m

to stop tailing me because

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only ma..." She could

was stuck i

hopeful self and she opened her mouth a

like a whisper and it felt like sh

is s

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w could she hav

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rained on him unblinkingly and she said through clenched t

or a split second before he resumed what he was

. That little hesitation from his initial non

stence nor had she ever anticipated the rejecti

disrespected he

as the most treasured in her world yet she descended into his world, leaving her people on t

s unacce

looked at him through the m

rising, she said, "It seems lik

just mad

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to witness with shock as the once

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intentions weren't conceal

even the full moon yet, Jordan's survival inst

dangerously at him, all the ha

an form while Sell

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as no w

was serio

an impaired one like him with only partial ability but no. She had n

aa

ugh the walls of his home and ac

him, snarling and baring

when she leaped out of his room through

uc

hind Selly, aiming to immobilise her before t

ade her way outside the house and into the yard, zeroing

r. He pounced and tackled her, sendi

r massive form to no avail as Selly was bigger than no

through his arms and sank deeper into his flesh, sending wave

him suppress the urge to cry out

bout her bite. It wasn't suppos

ed towards the gate, somehow hoping that the strong

an to her, ignoring the pain that now

seconds, seemingly in deep thought, sh

s, trying to decipher her s

spine, disappearing som

allowe