“I don’t understand.” That was Jasmine’s voice, but it was Jasmine’s voice as Sera had never heard it, unsteady and uncertain. She poked her head around the side of the woodshed, worried, and froze when she saw Jasmine and Matilda standing in the shelter of a satsuma tree. Instinctively, she knew this was a conversation she ought not to interrupt, and she ducked back a bit so that she was out of sight. Unlike Jasmine, Matilda sounded completely calm. “What’s not to understand? I’ve fallen quite madly in love with you.” Sera stifled a squeak. She’d finally said it! “But…” Jasmine faltered.
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