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2024-10-29 19:42:56Katherine groaned. "Oh, come on, it worked just fine last time. You know I did not mean we need to - "
A kiss landed on her lips, effectively shutting her up. Her power was already active around their upper bodies, even before his tongue dived into her mouth. As always, one kiss sufficed to stop her thoughts and drive her annoyance away. When Nathaniel pulled back, she was almost purring.He, meanwhile, took advantage of her relaxed vigilance to strike the hot iron. "Didn't you want to break up tents today? I just don't want you all exhausted on the first day of travel. That's also why I made you treat the poison yesterday, you know."His arm securely around her waist, he looked at her with so much gentleness and concern that Katherine could not help but falter. She let her head fall sideways onto the pillow with a deep sigh. Then, as if on afterthought, she ruffled his hair with one hand until it stood in all directions. He furrowed his brows until he heard her folloRelated chapters
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Katherine lifted her arms to gesture at the lake around them. The knife was now securely tucked into her belt. "I would say you have enough water. Enough to completely drown in it."Ethan's dry mud hide cracked further with his scowl. "You really are not nice to me, dearest cousin.""Oh, how wrong you are." Annoyed with only a few words of him, Katherine grit her teeth. "I am much nicer and more civilized than you deserve. Instead, I wish I could fulfill the promise I gave you. You remember? The one where you lose fingers for touching me and your tongue for those poisonous sweet words like right now. But..." She paused, and her face turned ugly as if the following sentence left a bad taste in her mouth. "Sadly, you still need your tongue for a bit. And as for your fingers - I have something here to occupy them. Though you should wash your hands first. I don't want it to get dirty."When Ethan didn't move from his place, Katherine soon turned to Nathaniel. "Sweetheart,
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Ethan Balder had not yet dismounted. From up on his horse, he watched the situation unfold in the distance. First, his face was blank, then a slight furrow grew between his eyebrows, and the eyes below slowly filled with mysterious glitter. Despite his lasting sunburn, he suddenly seemed to gain new energy and hummed a happy tune as he hopped down from his horse before the soldier striding in his direction could find fault with him. "Here, the reigns. I won't try to escape, I promise," he said with his hands lifted in a peaceful gesture. The bright smile on his haggard face, however, made the soldier glare at him with suspicion nonetheless. On the other end of the group, Katherine's breath was slow and shuddering, a forced calm to fight against the pain in her abdomen. She clutched Nathaniel's gloved hand until her fingers turned white, while the doctor did a swift check-up on her condition. He listened to her rapid pulse first, then carefully felt the area of he
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Katherine's face fell. Yes, she did remember. Although she knew neither the mother nor the child, or anyone close to them by name, she remembered. Yet, because the memory was a bit hazy and unusual, she started hoping that maybe - just maybe - it was a strange dream. Her gut told her otherwise, but she preferred to believe in a dream instead of knowing for sure that an innocent baby died in her arms."A... drug. That explains it," she murmured more to herself than anyone else. Her eyes were fixated on the army before her, but her thoughts seemed far away. Ethan, however, took that as a key to explain further."Exactly! From that incident, Ve acknowledged your exceptional ability. Now, will you accompany me to meet him? As you might already suspect, he is just around the corner from here."Instead of answering, Katherine asked a different question that bugged and angered her from the moment on that she heard of the organization's deeds. "Why babies? Why does it have to
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