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KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

My heart slammed to a stop as the adrenaline fizzed. I felt lightheaded, giddy, synapses firing, every sensation in overdrive. Was I coming or going? What was the day, the month? Heck, did I even care? I was mesmerised, caught in a spell. All that mattered was drowning in the glorious moment. I'd worry about coming up for air later.

Falling in love does that to you. And I was falling. The dizzying, head-over-heels type of love that

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