Chapter 88: Approbate

v. to approve officially

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"Kagome," Gaara acknowledged. The way the girl's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open, did nothing to settle the pit of fear in his stomach. This girl had just witnessed him kill a man in cold blood, she had seen the beast he had tried so desperately to hide from her. Gaara was rather uneasy.

He winched and flinched away when the girl reached out to place a hand on his forehead.

"Are you feeling okay Gaara?" she asked; Gaara could only stare in horrified silence until a smile replaced her wide-eyed gaze, "You forgot to pretend I wasn't here."


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