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    Summary

    Everyone has a soulmate. Everyone.
    On his sixteenth birthday, when Yuri’s Soulmark appeared in the crook of his elbow, he made a vow: he’d never fall for the trap. He won’t get swept up in a romance so saccharine it feels sickly sweet. He won’t let his world narrow to orbit around one person. Never.
    But when his estranged best friend reappears, long-buried emotions and unspoken doubts surface, threatening to unravel the balance he’s worked so hard to protect.


    Otabek takes a lollipop from his pocket, unwraps it, and puts it in his mouth. The idea of that lollipop being in Otabek’s mouth sends a surprising rush of excitement through Yuri. What it would be like to feel those lips again? To be caught between Otabek’s teeth, chewed up, and then spat out?
    Otabek pulls the lollipop out with a squelchy sound. “Want to try it?”
    “Wait, what?”
    “You were staring at it.”
    “Are you for real?”
    “Why not?”
    “Not sure if you noticed, but you’ve got drool all over it,” Yuri says quietly.
    Otabek just shrugs, probably thinking the same thing as Yuri: swapping saliva isn’t exactly new for them.

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