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*Ainslee* Rafe’s arms are around me again. I take in deep breaths of his floral, woodsy scent, and want to stay this way forever. We stand like that for minutes, or maybe hours, I can’t tell. Then I pull away. “We can’t,” I say brokenly, pressing my hands against Rafe’s marble chest. “We just… we can’t. I can’t, right now.” “Okay.” Rafe captures one of my hands and kisses my fingertips. “Not now.” I want to say the responsible thing. I want to say ‘not ever,’ but I know I won’t. I can’t. And it will happen again. And again. It’s just a matter of time. “Tell me about your big adventure,” Rafe interrupts my thoughts. “Did you… spend a lot of time with… the king?” I know what he means, and I know how hard it was to force himself to say it. “I didn’t spend time with the king except in th