the narrow hallway outside the lying in chamber grew crowded . servants waited to perform various duties or came and went from the room , as well as richard , andrew , baldwin , and master blondel . baldwin and andrew sat on stools , but richard preferred to pace back and forth in front of his stool . occasionally he paced over to the door , considered opening it , but after deciding against it , returned to the
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fortunately , she had n't caught his illness . '' how are you feeling ? '' '' i 'm much better . '' he walked over to her . his body looked so tempting in the lighting . his chest looked full and hard . her gaze dropped to his chest where a droplet of water escaped . her mouth watered , and she wanted to follow the
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what if it were the monsters within him ? then could i , would i , forgive him ? this was too much to absorb right now . this was way too much to take in and sort through . but there was already a part of me that knew for certain that i would . i could forgive him , because i understood what it was like to live with the
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