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He wished to pawn her off to another.

The knowledge settled heavy in her chest. Then it burned with the way the cold replaced where the warmth of him had been.

She would not stay now. Not to wait for another.

Perhaps a dare, perhaps a selfish declare. Silently she began to pad off a few yards. Head turned over a narrow shoulder where the cologne of him still radiated.

Pale eyes fixed on him for a moment.