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Emma and Killian.

That was how they were known.

In their quaint little village, the pair were as natural as
the sun rising in the morn, as the changing faces of the moon, as the north
star shining bright.

They were a team.

Killian always knew there was something special about Emma.
There was a light to her, something bright and beautiful, despite the life she
had lived.

They bonded over being orphans, of having no family to speak
of.

But it ran deeper than that.

There was an understanding between them, a world view shaped
by everything they had been through, every battle they fought to just keep on
surviving another day.

Look out for yourself
and you’ll never get hurt.

At least, until they met each other.

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