The shock was receding from Shea’s shimmering gaze. Other emotions were cascading in, gaining speed, gaining strength, rising so quick and immensely that Shea was shaking from the force of them. I’d seen hints and edges of these feelings when Shea couldn’t fully smother them or hide them or wrap them up tight. Whatever doors he’d been holding carefully closed, the hinges had just blown completely off. I saw it all. Awe and wonder, devotion and adoration. And love. A whole huge mess of love filling Shea up, from his toes to the tears building on his eyelashes to the huge smile and bark of
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