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Chloe walked into Dane’s house ahead of him, his hand warm on her low back. She thought about what he’d said at dinner and wondered if she had the courage to take the leap he was asking of her. She’d felt it the first time she saw him in the shadowy cave—a magnetic pull. Behind it lay the sense that she couldn’t shake—she was meant to find him. If she kept her head quiet, her heart knew she’d likely never feel what she felt with anyone else. She’d believed she loved Tom, but when she considered her feelings for him in context now, they were but a shadow, a thin imitation of what she felt for Dane. It was a connection on a level beyond intellect. It was the depth of their connection that cushioned her fear when he explained who he was and showed her.
Dane closed the door behind them, th
