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I turned to Alexander, still flushed from earlier, and narrowed my eyes at him, half amused. “Really?” I said, my voice low. “Of all the excuses you could come up with… ‘Your Luna isn’t feeling well’?”
He shrugged casually, that infuriatingly calm smirk tugging at his lips. “It worked, didn’t it?”
I rolled my eyes and let out a soft laugh, shaking my head. “Of course it worked,” I said, exasperated but smiling. “Because no one’s going to risk questioning you on that. Not even the elder. But that doesn’t mean it makes sense.”
He shook his head slowly, eyes glinting with amusement, like he already knew the effect he had on me. “There’s really no pleasing you,” he said, his voice low, almost smug.
I huffed softly, trying to hide the laugh that threatened to escape. “Thank you,” I mu
