p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"emstrongspan style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"Part 1 - Surprise!/span/strong/em/p
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p id="docs-internal-guid-1267ea78-a220-b208-f3d6-ac70971050b6" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"The glamorous French doors of Magnus' residence swung open as Alec confidently made his way through the entryway. Eyes shimmering, Magnus' voice displays a hint of surprise, "Alec! What are you doing here? I thought you were busy." In his calm, deep voice, Alec replied, "I found time." and in only a few strides, he found himself towering above Magnus. With a small smile, his lover stepped closer, resting a hand on Alec's chest. Alec stepped closer as well, leaving their lips only a few inches apart. They tingled with excitement. As Alec rested his hand on Magnus' waist and leaned in, they were suddenly interrupted. A disheveled Izzy barged through the front door, collapsing in the entryway. Romance cut short, Magnus and Alec raced to help her. Magnus at one shoulder and Alec at the other, they helped Izzy to her feet. "She's barely breathing.", Magnus stated in concern. He knew how much she meant to Alec. As they carried her to the couch, Alec heard her whimper ever so quietly, "Vam-", as she slipped from consciousness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongemspan style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"TO BE CONTINUED/span/em/strong/p
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p id="docs-internal-guid-1267ea78-a220-b208-f3d6-ac70971050b6" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"The glamorous French doors of Magnus' residence swung open as Alec confidently made his way through the entryway. Eyes shimmering, Magnus' voice displays a hint of surprise, "Alec! What are you doing here? I thought you were busy." In his calm, deep voice, Alec replied, "I found time." and in only a few strides, he found himself towering above Magnus. With a small smile, his lover stepped closer, resting a hand on Alec's chest. Alec stepped closer as well, leaving their lips only a few inches apart. They tingled with excitement. As Alec rested his hand on Magnus' waist and leaned in, they were suddenly interrupted. A disheveled Izzy barged through the front door, collapsing in the entryway. Romance cut short, Magnus and Alec raced to help her. Magnus at one shoulder and Alec at the other, they helped Izzy to her feet. "She's barely breathing.", Magnus stated in concern. He knew how much she meant to Alec. As they carried her to the couch, Alec heard her whimper ever so quietly, "Vam-", as she slipped from consciousness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongemspan style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"TO BE CONTINUED/span/em/strong/p
