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29. Not your conscience...

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ELOWEN

I f**king hated the shiver that ran down my spine just with those words of his. “Don’t start.” I hissed, but it sounded more like a purr than a warning.

He tilted his head, studying me with that same patient intensity that could peel away every wall I built. “Start what?”

“This,” I snapped. “This… whatever you think you’re doing.”

He smiled, it was slow and deliberate. “You mean, pretending?”

I stared at him. Caught back and stupid.

He reached out again, his fingers grazing the collar of my robe. “And here I thought you wanted to keep pretending.”

“Stop—” My breath caught in my throat.

He did stop — but only to step closer, close enough that I could see the faint shadow of stubble along his jaw, smell the clean, dark scent of him.

His voice dropped, all teasing gone. “Relax, Elowen. I’m not going to touch you.”

“Good,” I said, except my voice betrayed me. It came out as a lie which I definitely did not want.

“Unless,” he added quietly, “you ask me to.”

And damn! For a mome
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