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Jaz
I was in shock. The words had escaped my lips before I had time to stop them. But I held his gaze because I could. Because it was my blood-right to do so.
I took deep breaths, my heart hammering. How had he found me?
“I like Jasmine. It suits you.” His tone was casual, almost conversational. As if he hadn’t just found the daughter he once thought dead. But this was also completely like the man I remembered. Cool. Casual. Collected. Void of feeling.
He continued speaking. But the healers tell me you go by Jaz here? That has a nice ring to it.”
“Please--&
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