I started to turn, planning to lead the way up the hallway, but I paused when Killian held out his hand. He watched me, some of the red igniting in his eyes as he waited for my reaction. Do I take it? Or is that giving too much too early… There was something both tired and guarded in his expression—in the set of his mouth and shoulders. This is hard for him, I realized. There were still hidden depths to him, and he was absolutely layering his actions. (Although the sappy invite did make me blush, there was a chance he would use my presence as a shield against the others—a way to show them they
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