The Hockey King's Secret Twins

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lack stepped out of the shadow

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wept across

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pain. Something hea

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gainst the hallway light. A baseball cap pulled low. Broad shou

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ispered. "Plea

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ike a fever. When my fingers brushed his forearm, th

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ps. Shock. Disbelief. Relief

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he said hoarsely. "Get away

he door. And I couldn

n hammered the windows like it w

er counting the lightning on the ceiling, one, two, three, bec

on't remember a

only mercy anyone s