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She has one hand on the table, and she cocks her head to the side. “Sorry about what?”
“Both times we were attacked, I was distracted.” I shake my head. “Distracted by you.”
Astrid stiffens.
“I can’t let myself lose focus again.” I put some steel in my voice. “I’m here to protect you, and I can’t do that if things continue like this. We need to keep things strictly professional from here on out.”
She’s silent a moment, and then she nods. “I get it. It makes sense.”
Her expression closes and her posture changes, as if she’s pulling a cloak around herself. Putting up walls between us. The feeling of her withdrawal makes the cavern even more frigid than it already is.
But this is how it has to be.
