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"Kaelen," I said.

"Yes."

"That is possibly the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me."

He looked at me.

"I was describing a security assessment," he said.

"You were describing love," I said. "In the vocabulary of a security assessment. Which is entirely you."

He was quiet.

"Yes," he said, after a moment. "I suppose it is."

I put my hand over his on the pillow.

Freya moved again — a long,