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99. Shake it Off
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ CASIMIR ~
As that wave of pain reached me through the bond, I slammed the wall down between us just as surely as I closed that door, and stalked up the corridor, clearing my mind of anything and everything to do with my mate.
This was not the time.
It could not be.
She was just going to have to live with that.
I’d already given her more of myself than anyone in my life. Ever. If it wasn’t enough… well, she was just going to have to learn to deal—
Behind me, the door I’d just used clicked and creaked.
“Cazz!
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