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He took her straight to the bed, laying her down and putting hireater weight, size and strength

She thought about blasting hiht electrocute herself as well, and she’d just done her hair She didn’t care to have it teased up like a hedge by static She told herself that as heher world fuzzy on the edges as he pulled open her shirt with an i jerk He took possession of her breasts, cupping their weight, thu over the nipples under her thin bra as he went down under the waistband of the skirt she’d pulled on, found her mound and slid over it The moment he sealed the heat of his pal into hi his biceps "Derek"

"Got your attention?" he asked

She was set to beher with testosterone, a way that proved nothing, but then sheelse So she didn’t expect Raw need

"Derek" She said it softer this time, but the question stuck in her throat It was fine, because he voiced it anyway

"Why is it so hard for you to realize I need someone, too? And you’re that person, Ruby The only one For the rest of your life, that’s going to coood-bye to you, because that’s the kind of bitch mortality can be, every time I save the world after that, it will be so people like you and ether And I’ll watch after every generation that comes fro happening to the their backs"

She couldn’t wrap herelse "Seven Wonders? Really?"

"Really"

"Wow You really were around to cohts to cowboys"

"Cowboys hadBut, yeah" He frah the touch "Ruby Say yes Take a chance onway more than we’ve been No more half oest… I go"

"You know, people always think of that in a romantic way, and Ruth actually said it to her "

"I will thrash you within an inch of your life"

She smiled up at him "You aren’t supposed to beat your wife"

"Unless she enjoys it Ruby, you’re killing me here"

She sobered "Would you really want that, Derek? Me going with you?"

"Would you want it?"

"I need you to answer h I’d rather keep er as possible But with respect to your abilities, I’d rather help you learn to use them to the furthest extent you can, than be like your mother and tell you not to use them for my own selfish reasons"