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"Dorian?" I said with hesitance He tilted his head to the side, a motion for me to continue "I want to see your real form The person beneath the man-suit"

"Man-suit?" There was no hu Eddie in Massachusetts, he had explained that he could change identities, though he’d reuise since I ht about it and eventually let it go until tonight

"I saings?" I hadn’t meant for it to coel I just didn’t associate that with the run of the noringdown theup I found it very ironic that he kept telling me to embrace who I was, yet he seemed uncomfortable to shohat he is

"I do want to find him," I replied "It’s just…in the alley…"

He looked down at"I lost control"

And he had Dorian used his ability to vacuuht he had enjoyed beating the rogues, relished in taking his time with their punishment And it was all because of me The entire time he’d pursued me, I held him at as much of a distance as I could stand The realization that this beautiful ht so fiercely to protect me struck me to my core Perhaps I had been a little too self-occupied to notice before, but I noticed now Or I should say, I was finally acknowledging it

"I never said thank you," I said

"No, you did not," he agreed "You were too busy telling me to stay away from you"

"I’, but I a" I looked away "I’hts into words They get juhed nervously "I’ll work on it"

"You and I both," Dorian said "Now let’s take a trip to Ghostville"

"Uh-huh, wings--explain"

He released an annoyed breath "Gwen"

"You don’t have to show ht if you don’t want," I told hi tricks on rew so quiet I was starting to regret ever asking Maybe I’d touched on subject he would rather avoid?

"Okay, so if I don’t have to concentrate on ju the conversation back to ould cut through the aardness

"Your eyes were seeing the truth," he answered "Yes, I have wings, but not the kind you’re thinking of No frilly white cloud plue"

I nodded "Okay"

"Okay?"

"We don’t have to discuss it anyrinned "You’re really taking this ‘I’ll work on it’ stuff seriously, huh? Two ‘thank-you’s’ in less than ten hed, reaching my hand out to slap his aredar me prisoner

"Someday I’ll share all my secrets with you"

Our faces were so close I could feel his breath fan acrosshisto kiss you now"

"I told you not to," I breathed,with my body

"You did and I told you I don’t believe you"

My eyes fell on his full lips when he spoke, such a tantalizing seduction I knew just how those lips felt against my own The eruption of war for me

"No means no," I s Dorian s, tasting and spreading delightful tingles dancing up ue slipped between ers raking against his t-shirt He released one arm froht, ot in the way tooBut when he kissedbody, feeding and filling the ache I’d been dis to part from one another, and fell onto the sofa Dorian situatedhi away to lift my shirt over my head As soon as it was off, his mouth was back on mine He trailed his lips down the side of ive him better access Soft lips trailed a delicious path down my collarbone to the swell of ainstcontrast to the softness of his e, looking up atheavy and our bodies still hungry forMy eyes flicked to the nuisance I so desperately wanted to ignore the insistent ringing, but there were only a few people who called Dorian’s house

"I have to answer it" I hopped off his lap

Dorian gru me, woman"