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Interesting, Avine thought.

Theo led her out to the porch. The breeze carried salt and the whisper of waves against the rocks.

“Thank you.” She spoke softly.

“For what?”

“All of it.” She rested her head against his shoulder. “Growling at me on my first night. Fighting beside me. Staying when you could have walked away.”

“I couldn’t have walked away.” He pulled her into his arms, both of them facing the sea. “The moment you signed that deed, I was done for. I didn’t know it yet.”

The moon hung high over the water. Her mate’s arms were solid around her. She wouldn’t change a single thing.

Well. Maybe she’d have signed that deed a little sooner.

Theo’s laugh rumbled against her back.

And Avine, she was already exactly where she belonged.

THE END

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