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Fights And Finalities
BEN'S POV
Two days. Two days of walking and camping. But I barely noticed. Time melted, waving around us like soft silk.
Carrie's link was still open, her contentment warmed my body, her happiness swirling in my chest.
Her chocolate hair was thrown up into a
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