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As Zephyr flinched, Taikon moved forward, until he was so close that the two might have been touching. He kept several inches between them, but he could feel the warmth from Zephyr's body. It tormented his senses. Had things been different, he would have embraced the boy.
Zephyr was demanding the kind of control that was just not possible. Takiyok will never let me go with you alone. It won't happen. She has to come with us. It was a matter-of-fact statement. He would not win an argument with Takiyok, and he wasn't about to try, because what Zephyr was requesting was nonsense.
Zephyr could not go alone. He would get hurt. Taikon wouldn't allow it. But he didn't say that. Instead, he sat beside Zephyr, close enough to feel the breaht from him.