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Our eyes locked, and for a moment, the air between us became heavy with something unspoken, something I was too afraid to acknowledge. Every rational thought screamed at me to step away, to put distance between us, but my body refused to obey. I was trapped in the storm brewing behind his eyes, a storm I had no business being in.

Harry’s gaze was intense, searching, as if he could see right through me, peeling back the layers I was so carefully constructing to save myself from them. My pulse quickened, each beat echoing in the thick silence, and I became acutely aware of how dangerously close we were.

The warmth radiating from his body, the faint scent of his body wash mingling with the deodorant, made it hard to breathe, let alone look away.

“What are you staring at?” His voice, low and teasing, snapped me out of my daze. There was an edge to his tone that made the air around us feel charged like something was about to ignite. I gulped, trying to steady the wild flutter in my ch
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Tinker
isn't her name Katherine????
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millerchild569
Why does harry keep calling her violet, if her name is Kathrine?
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