She shook her head and she reached up with a trembling hand to adjust the dark frames of her glasses."I am fine after all you covered me before the glass even reached us," she said with a shaky breath as she looked around the ruined room.I checked the clear lenses of her glasses just to be absolutely sure they didn't catch any flying debris during the sudden explosion.There were no scratches on her lenses and her beautiful face was free of any cuts or bruises."You dropped your gun on the floor," she pointed out as she looked down at the heavy weapon resting near the tip of my combat boots."I needed both of my hands to grab you and pull you out of the way," I answered honestly before I bent down and scooped the handgun off the carpet."I could have ducked on my own, you know," she muttered while she brushed a small piece of shattered glass off the sleeve of her dark shirt."I know you can take care of yourself but you are just going to have to get used to me protecting you," I tol
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