KISS ME AFTER THE WAR

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dn't stop

he man she had hunted for two years. The one who cost her friends, family, and sleep

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But he's

ensed. That so

e. The fire had taken it during the last raid. And in the middle of the floor

didn't feel vict

hall," she said.

want to face h

. Her face wa

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d him in min

uises blooming across his jaw, dark hair m

rp. Still

ing an old friend. "Didn't expect you

throne," she repli

the first honest thing

ay soldiers feared monsters. She feared what he represented. The part of her that had

sign the surren

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. You know t

unblinking. "I know

taste the venom between them.

hy haven

hed like a blad

Waiting. She didn't trust him but lately, Emi

ut him in the lower cel

e didn't say th

shoulder. "I'll still be here," he said quietly. "Wh

n he wa

the ghosts she carried. She didn't shiver. She just s

'll see you a