Maybe she did know. Not at first, but after only a little time in his presence, she couldn't avoid the fact that something had bloomed between them.
She wouldn't get her hopes up. She couldn't let herself believe that he had been doing this all for her. She had gone on thinking that once this was over, he would be taking his new skills and using them on some other lucky human woman.
The new clarity of the situation brought something else to light.
"You tricked me! You were just trying to find out how to win me over!"
"Correct."
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A/N: Oh boy. We're almost there!
I'm thinking about making the next post a double. Should I do that? What do you think?