Damiano liked holding Thea. For the first time in almost five years, he was genuinely enjoying himself. He followed her outside the ballroom, and instead of acting like the ‘big bad wolf’ and scaring her away, Damiano put aside his position and got her talking. Even joked and teased her a bit. At first, Thea responded, but then, she started to back off. Damiano didn’t want her to back off, so he asked her to dance. This was a wedding, and dancing was expected, right?! Hardly something to hold sacred. Since dancing wasn’t an activity he enjoyed at a wedding or otherwise, the request probably shocked him more than it had her. The last woman he’d danced with had been Alondra, two days before she’d died… the last time he’d held his fiancée in his arms. Thea was beautiful, lovely, witty, but she wasn’t Alondra. So, holding her would not be the same. It wouldn’t mean that much, he assured himself. Then, why the hell was he feeling so ner
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