“But you don’t need to, little one. Not when we can help. We can help with this.” And the tone of his voice had Theon cracking his eyes open to peer at his best friend. He’d kept his distance from Tessa from the very beginning, constantly telling Theon that she wasn’t the one for this and that he’d made the wrong choice. But ever since they’d started their training sessions, things had been changing. He pushed Tessa more. Theon knew he’d do that during training, but the taunting on the way to the vehicle was new. And so was the somewhat soft assurance he was giving her now. That same assurance
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