She kept her eyes lowered as she reached a timid hand toward his chest. He froze, his breath trapped in his lungs as Cait’s words echoed in his mind for the millionth time. Be careful with her. She knew where he kept the fae’s letter. Would she be so brazen as to take it from him now, when he had his guard down? Had she been playing him this whole time? He couldn’t risk haste, so he waited and watched her hand slide into his jacket. It wasn’t the letter she pulled out but his pocket watch. The chain it was attached to pulled taut as she held it in her hands and flipped it open. “It’s nearly
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