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It was the perfect morning. As long as Em could ignore thoughts of the shadow beast and witchcraft and all of the bad things that were happening. She had Andre in her bed and a clear schedule until well after noon.
She wanted to take advantage of it, both in the sheets and out of them. Her body was sated, but her heart wanted more.
When she suggested that she and Andre go out on a breakfast date, she wasn't actually worried he would say no. But his yes untightened something she hadn't realized was tight in her chest.
There weren't any paparazzi waiting as they left the hotel and grabbed a cab to take them downtown to one of the restaurants that had been recommended to her. On the ride she could pretend that she was just a normal woman sitting next to a normal man going out for a bit
