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glimpses of pale skin and delicate curves as she peeled off her blouse "You're watching!" she accused, catching my gaze in the reflection

I didn't deny it. Tm making sure you don't pass out from hypothermia."

"You shameless-" she sputtered, yanking off her wet pants and throwing them at my head.

I caught them easily and tossed them aside. Reaching under the seat, I pulled out a Moonlight Thermal

Blanket specially designed for werewolf physiology

"Here," I said, draping it around her shoulders without looking. This will help"

The blanket's special moonstone fibers would help regulate her body temperature and provide comfort. I'd had it installed in all my vehicles after Lily's illness, a precaution that now served her mother.

Olivia wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, still glaring but visibly relieved by its warmth. The

combination of alcohol, cold water, and emotional exhaustion was clearly taking its toll.

Within minutes, her eyelids began to droop. She fought against sleep, her head nodding forward before

jerking back up

Eventually, she lost the battle. Her head fell against the window as she drifted off, her breathing evening out

rhythm

head jerked toward the glass. Without thinking, I thrust my hand between her temple

my palm, and for a moment, I was transported back to simpler times-before Victoria's return,

rest on my shoulder instead of the hard window. She mumbled

incoherent but didn't wake

instructed Maxwell quietly. "Take

replied, smoothly reducing

for the first time in years. Without the constant mask of

awake.

I'd long suppressed.

and rain-filled my senses, bringing with it memories

of a different time, a

I had lived together for five

we?" she mumbled,

again, blanket and all,

down," she protested weakly. "I can

barefoot," I pointed out, continuing up the

down with unexpected gentleness in the foyer. The familiar surroundings seemed to

hot bath, I suggested. To

for the bathroom, however, she

me, heading not to the bathroom as I'd suggested,

directly to Lily's bedroom.

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