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Core turned on his back and floated. His body was relaxed, even if his mind refused to calm. He stared up at the sky, watching the clouds as they passed by, and following an occasional bird as it swooped from one tree to another on the other side of the river.
He moved his arms and legs back and forth to keep his body from sinking while his mind swirled with an endless list of arguments to get Avery to accept their destiny. His latest thought was that he could try kidnapping her.
And end up dead. Still, it might be worth the risk if I can at least touch her just once before I die, he mused.
No, kidnapping was out. He’d learned a very painful lesson when it came to kidnapping human women: they fight back and they don’t do it fairly. When he and his cousin, Merrick, had impulsively dec
