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Oh good.
He didn’t mind? Because I never wanted to stop lookin’.
“I can’t stop staring at you,” he added. “You’re absolutely captivating.”
My lips parted and my cheeks burned.
Don’t cry.
Don’t cry.
But he thought I was pretty?
Like… Glade pretty?
Okay—hold up. That might be too far.
“I… I would draw you,” I stammered, then winced as the remaining blood in my body surged to my face at once.
Too soon. Don’t mention the stupid stuff yet…
Yet?
Don’t mention it ever. We need this one to go better.
A half smile quirked on his lips as he considered my words. “And that’s Thistle Maverick speak for…?”
“You’re… you’re pretty…” I trailed off, realising that came out wrong. “Pretty… handsome.”
Uh.
Damn.
“Thank you for giving me the gun,” I added, changing the topic.
His smile widened, but he didn’t reply. He was being… nice, though—so much nicer than I’d imagined.
Finally, he glanced to the side. “What do we have in here?” he asked, picking up the black bag he’d got from the auctioneer.
He opened it up and pulled out?—
“Bunny!”My voice cracked as I reached for the worn old blue plushie, anxiety calming at the sight of him.
He didn’t stop me or try to take him. Ace had made that mistake only once, but I didn’t really want Knox to have to learn that lesson if he didn’t have to.
“A… nest?” he asked.
I nodded, though Bunny was more than that.
He protected me.
A monster, with a looming shadow I stared at across a neighbour’s bedroom wall every night when I was young, until finally, one night, I’d broken in to find it was only Bunny.
Something I should never have been afraid of.
I’d kept him under my bed for ages, but then, when I perfumed and all of my instincts went crazy (frightening me to pieces) I’d tugged him out and never let him go.
“I’ll discuss the rules when we get home,” Knox said into the quiet. “For now, I’d like to take you in.”
