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Watching the Edges

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The house was unusually quiet that afternoon.

Arielle sat in the library with a book open on her lap.

She had been staring at the same page for ten minutes.

Maybe longer.

The words blurred together, meaningless.

Her mind kept returning to the same place.

Lucien’s voice in the hallway that morning.

We should keep things professional.

Her fingers tightened slightly on the edge of the book.

Professional.

The word shouldn’t bother her this much.

It was exactly what she wanted, wasn’t it?

Distance.

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