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The wind howled past as Corrine sped down the road, slicing through the dusk like a blade.
Taylor leaned back, arms stretched wide, eyes closed. “Now this is living,” he breathed, wind rushing against his
grin.
For once, he let the weight of duty fall away.
They climbed to the mountain’s peak, the car finally stopping where sky met earth. Perched on the hood, they
watched the sun retreat behind distant hills, orange light melting into night.
“How’ve you been all these years?” Taylor asked, not taking his eyes off her.
When she’d left, there had been no goodbyes—just the quiet echo of an empty room. Perhaps the truest
departures were silent ones; no words, no explanations, just absence.
They’d woken one morning to find her gone. A single note was all she'd left behind. Lone Ranger had thrown
himself into research for years, claiming he was refining systems, but everyone knew better—he was searching
for her. Always.
But now, here she was. Real. Right next to him. And in that moment, Taylor felt like he'd been dropped back into
those wild forest days, where they fought back-to-back, side by side.
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Without her, Red Flfelt dull. Gray. Like a flburned out. Corrine wasn’t sure what the years had given her.
She wasn’t even sure what they'd taken.
After leaving that forest, her world returned to routine. Predictable. Like waking from a vivid dream into a
colorless morning.
Then she met Nate. And suddenly, everything made sense again. He was her light when everything else was
shadow.
The memory of his face softened her expression, a smile flickering in her eyes before she could stop it. “I've
been doing quite well.”
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Taylor caught the shift in her and stiffened. “That smile... you're thinking of someone.”
“lI am,” she said.
His face darkened, eyes narrowing in disbelief.
The silence stretched until it snapped. “You have a boyfriend?”
She actually had a boyfriend?
Since when?
Had that smug bastard, Vulture, won her over the moment he turned his back?
Just then, Corrine’s phone rang.
It was Nate.
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“I'd be honored to meet anyone you call a friend.”
“Okay.”
She ended the call and then slid off
the hood of the car with the. same,
quiet ree, Heating ward the
pBsSenger side, she tossed a casual
glance. “Con. I'll introduce you.”
Taylor's brain was still catching up. “Introduceto who?”
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