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Chapter 14

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AUSTIN

Killian notices their staring and smacks them both across the head. He can glare all he wants. He was looking too. We all were. It's not just how she looks, it's everything together. The way she carries herself. The sharpness of her. The ease with which she fills a room now. She's magnetic in a way none of us anticipated and none of us have quite figured out how to handle.

"Could someone hand me a towel?" she says, and Killian grabs one from the bin against the wall a
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