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โ ( grinning, dramatically following along with the shove. )
alright, alright. how about a do-over ?
( clearing his throat, outreached hand. ) nameโs bo.
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babydoll ?
( bashful giggling followed by a playful shove to the shoulder. )
stoooooop, Iโm tryinโ to play hard to get and you got me grinninโ like a schoolgirl .
โYou can waste my time, preferably. I got a lot of it to kill.โ Sabrinaโs eyes, a dark green, met the manโs and she offered a polite smile.
โThis your place, or are you just one of the worker bees?โ
โพ wanted to thank you.โ She said. โYou had no reason to help me and yet you did and my life is better for it. I really appreciate that and if thereโs some way I can repay it, just lemme know. I can do odd jobs here and there or somethinโ. Iโll do whatever. I owe ya.โ
If Sabrina was at all perturbed by the discussion of magic mentioned so casually, she did not show it . The card was between her digits, held by the edges . She inspected it carefully.
Before the witch could disappear, Sabrina spoke out . โNah, thatโs not all. I, wellโฆ I โพ
โ more than positive, โ natalia said with a tilt of her head, hazel eyes watching as the young vampire had latched the cuff onto her arm.
โ i wouldnโt make something and then give it to you if it was anything less than perfect. โ
โTake your time,โ said Sabrina, her accent marking her immediately as an out-of-towner.
Sheโd had some time to kill before she was needed elsewhere, and the bookstore seemed as good a place as any to spend her patronโs money.
She plodded along the aisles, waiting for a โพ