A Matter of Timing: Chapter 1
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Chao clamped her hands together to keep them from shaking.
It was impossible. Utterly, completely impossible!
He could not be here! Not like this!! She'd planned her jump back in time specifically to ensure that she would meet
him while he was still a child, before his natural power over women started to bloom in earnest. She of all people knew
the dangerous temptation her ancestor would present to everyone after hitting puberty.
Dear Darwin, the holograms had not come close to capturing the life in those beautiful eyes, she could feel herself
being irresistably sucked into those shimmering depths. Her mission seemed so distant and unimportant at that moment,
all that mattered was to feel the touch of his hands on her skin and the heat of his-
"Lingshen-san? Lingshen-san!"
She blinked and the world suddenly swam back into focus.
He was taking attendance.
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Chao clamped her hands together to keep them from shaking.
It was impossible. Utterly, completely impossible!
He could not be here! Not like this!! She'd planned her jump back in time specifically to ensure that she would meet
him while he was still a child, before his natural power over women started to bloom in earnest. She of all people knew
the dangerous temptation her ancestor would present to everyone after hitting puberty.
Dear Darwin, the holograms had not come close to capturing the life in those beautiful eyes, she could feel herself
being irresistably sucked into those shimmering depths. Her mission seemed so distant and unimportant at that moment,
all that mattered was to feel the touch of his hands on her skin and the heat of his-
"Lingshen-san? Lingshen-san!"
She blinked and the world suddenly swam back into focus.
He was taking attendance.