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hose Chloe over you with Rocco? Sh

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aid, my voice trembling. "He tried

ench, fussing over her l

der for long," Liam said dismissively.

ut moments before Rocco' s men could cause a "st

lea in my voice. "Where were you? Why didn'

– guilt? – crossed his

ring Chloe' s emotional recovery.

heir scent wa

her time, another

n the tall grass, wat

a spooked horse,

heir scent forever l

then, a traumatized c

n, and Liam had been fiercel

l Ch

scholarship, all wide e

o sweet, so e

ittle thin

t after I suggested a new training exerci

ng on mucking out stalls in a snowstorm, implyi

own, painted a picture of me

chest defenders, started look

rimand me, to praise Chloe' s

r in, he said, o

where else to go. Just for a littl

u' re my star, Sarah. N

d. And slowly,

be kind to Chl

ike trying t