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Marie has dreamed of being in The Seven since the tragic loss of her family. Through her rocky tenure on the team, she learns a terrible secret from a blacklisted ex-hero turned into a gym-owning hardass. Things should be straightforward from there, except the ex-hero happens to be the very idol who helped her discover truths about herself she never would've imagined.
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She watched Jordan for a moment longer, her eyes shifting between their bodies and the tension in the unspoken language. A lot can be said without it leaving their mouths at all; that's what she liked about heartbeats. Of all the things she could choose to focus on regarding the circulatory system, the heart was her favorite.
Spending so much time with Jordan, spending so much time tuned in to the sound of their voice, to the steady thrum and thud of their heart – meant she knew the sound of them surprised the same way she knew what the front of her palm looked like.
A gentle flash of those pearly white teeth and the fucking dimples, she could recall so many moments off the top of her head where she was the sole cause of that smile in private. And now they were flirting across the ballroom, talk about whiplash.