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We felt fated

He gazed down at irls like you?"

I shook my head

"You fall in love with your first"

"Ah" I bumped my shoulder into his "Now I see why you pushed so hard to score with ht by the pool All becomes clear"

His expression was serious "I wanted you Christ, I wanted you But for a lot longer than a night In ether I needed that I need that now"

Sometimes it was so apparent that he’d been raised in a different culture, one in which a boy carried a girl’s things to signal possession to other beaux "What gives you that idea about me?"

"Deny it, then"

I’d never had a first, ht his theory would prove to be correct

He raked his fingers through his hair "Made e to Brandon That you were goan to let him have you"

Little had I known that Jackson had stolen Brandon’s phone, had listened to ry when you caured you were already lost to me, but after what you saw there, I knew you were out of ht"

"That’s past I’m here with you now" I placed my hand on his knee "Like you said, we can pick up where we left off"

His body shot tight with tension

I bit ht, do you, uh, have protection?"

"Ouais, and it’s fro our first ill-fated make-out session "You sure about this? Last tiht"

Jack grinned down at ht-on-earth con with rinned back "So am I"

I loved the flash of disbelief on his face, and the bob of his Ada to happen

Every reason I’d held back fro sex before had been eliminated I was in a relationship with Jack, and I trusted hiet nailed and bailed Before Jack, I’d felt no curiosity about it or passion Now I could barely wait to take this step An added bonus: I loved the boy Which he already knew

So I daubed razes of hislip contact, we yanked off our coats, fumbled off our boots, peeled off our wet jeans He drew back only to grab the hem of my shirt and pull it over azed at his rosary It was like Jack’s own emblem, his own symbol Then I frowned at the tiny details around the cross, spying an engraved rose in the center

Rosary Rose-ary Jack carried a rose as well Again, that fated feeling swept me up

When he laid an learning that da the way they leapt to my touch

As I explored hilyphs were shi across my skin "Mercyacrossit with his lips "These spooked ainstabout you is sexy" He gave it a lick that made my toes curl

"Hey, I-I’m sure you’re just mesmerized" I wanted the rest of my clothes off, felt confined by damp lace

"Does itoff his boxers

I caught a peek at hi when he kissed ain Soon I was so mindless, I scarcely noticed that he’d stripped off ainstinto our kiss The weight of his body atop , seeking

Then his forefingers hooked the edges of o, bébé"

When I lifted ed off the last barrier between us Well, almost the last Fro the corner with his teeth As he began rolling it on, I was transfixed Utter lust

Sees His outer thighs brushed ainstfor him

But as soon as he stretched over me, that pressure in my head increased --The mortal is not for you!--

I jerked in Jack’s arms

"What? Too fast?" He raised up above me "You can tell me to stop if you want, Evie Anytime you want me to"

--You cannot know him this way--

"No, I don’t want to stop It’s one of the voices Death’s It’s like he’s in my head!"

--He’s not for you, creature!-- Death repeated

Why are you doing this to irl you plan onso but misery!--

Jack clenched his fists, the oan to kill that son of a bitch, just for this"

Get in line How in the hell is this your business?

--Your death is mine, which means your life is mine--

You’re insane! Never had I heard Death like this Before, he’d always been s de --I am owed, Empress! Do this, and you will pay--

"Evie?"

"I want this, Jack! Kiss--NEVER, CREATURE!--

This place was perfect, a moment in ti it "It’s no use He doesn’t want us to do this And I don’t understand why"