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“I can’t see you again,” he began
Her eyes dulled with pain “I don’t want you to”
Hafiz scowled at her statement “I mean it, Lacey”
“I do, too I’” Her chin wobbled, and she blinked back the ed your mind and only want me”
That wasn’t going to happen, Hafiz thought It couldn’t
The limousine lurched to a stop next to the helicopter pad Hafiz immediately stepped out of the car and reached for Lacey’s hand When she hesitated, he grasped her wrist Fierce sensations scorched his skin fronored the way his pulse tripped and assisted her outside
Her long hair blew in the desert wind, and he escorted her to the pilot aiting by the helicopter After Hafiz yelled instructions over the noise, Lacey climbed in He tried to assist her, but she batted hi look at her
The warning dissipated as he looked into her eyes Even after what had happened, after everything they’d said, he wished for one more kiss He was desperate for it and felt the pull Hispierced at him like swift jabs of a knife, because he knew after this moment, circumstances would snatch Lacey away from him
He looked away The darkness inside hi this was the last time he would see her Their paths would never cross, and he could never contact her again He wouldn’t knohere she lived or if she was safe She would disappear but linger in his mind as he worried and wondered
“Your Highness,” the pilot shouted, breaking through Hafiz’s thoughts “We need to leave now”
Hafiz hesitated He couldn’t make a clean break from Lacey, no matter how much he wanted to How much he needed to, for both their sakes
He glanced at her and aze No tears escaped her eyes She didn’t speak Didn’t led for composure He knew her poise was for his benefit It was her way to prove that she would be fine
She looked so beautiful and elegant Regal Hafiz thought his heart was going to blast through the wall of his chest Lacey was more beautiful than when he first saw her He was fortunate to have known and loved her, and she would never know His throat closed shut as his strength seeped out of his bones