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"No, wait!" I hurry after her When I grab her aro You&039;re right I ao of her ar my hand down to rest in hers "You have to adht?"

She nods and looks away, but not before I catch the sheen ofher toward to the couch in the unlit living rooo but unable to deny I&039;ued to learn more "Can I ask you a few questions? You&039;re the only shifter I&039;ve ever met"

"And likely the only one" We settle on the couch with a seat cushion between us

"Really, why?"

"I&039;er and my brother was killed a year later" Sadness crosses her face I can only i no one to turn to, not even a pack No wonder she thought posing with a bunch of olves would be safer

"I&039; like my words are totally inadequate and I must sound like an idiot to even offer them

She raises her eyes to mine and I see her earnestness and acceptance over the old pain "You didn&039;t kill them, it wasn&039;t your fault"

"How did they die?"

"My folks died in a car crash" She looks off at the wall, no bitterness in her tone "So siets you no ht be"

My heart seizes inboth parents in such a way Sure, it happens, but it never see attacked by a olf on the way back to your dorm isn&039;t normal either We all suffer hardships in our lives-edies appear more permanent and immediate than others

"And your brother?" I reach for her hand across the cushion I can&039;t believe I&039;ht was a dude an hour ago A dude who chomped at my ass after I cas

"He was killed in a robbery Shot by the store owner Can&039;t say my brother made the best choices in life, but at sixteen, he tried his best to support us on the streets of Los Angeles"

Daabout Nao Spike went down on her once or was it twice? This line of thought is not helping uy

"Life sucks" Holy shit, did I just reduce her pain to some stupid platitude you read on a t-shirt? Panic flares in my chest as my eyes widen over my choice of words "Um I mean"

She squeezes o, and I wasn&039;t telling you to get syet you out of your pants Then I&039;etdown on hts are totally going to get me screwed And not literally, either, which would be more fun

"Uhs, tilting her head back and releasing a deep belly laugh "Oh man, you should see your face Yes, dude I like you And I would like to get you out of your pants But, I&039;m okay if you don&039;t feel the sa hts of Vivian don&039;t cloud ued e Rafe when he co love to her

To say I&039;in to cover it I didn&039;t feel this pull with Naomi, nor the last time Diane made me a love charm Yeah, ent at it like fools for a few hours, but honestly that was more of a physical release than any type of e, Sp- hey, what is your real na her head back and snuggling into the deep cushion "Spike hat I nick-na up Think about itthose jutting spikes of flesh I couldn&039;t resist"

She&039;s positively adorable with those long eyelashes batting at me what did she just say? Spikes of flesh? I smile in return "Yeah, that makes sense Guy&039;s dicks are like spikes"

She busts out laughing Crap, did I say that stupid shit out loud? Man, you&039;d think I&039;d never been with a girl before Then again, after I left Roe of twenty-one and hooked up with Vivian six months later, I really hadn&039;t had a chance to just relax around so time

I mirror her pose and hunker down into the soft confines of the couch, happy for this stolenlike an ass at times "Hey, back on track So, what is your na onto the middle cushion to broach the distance between us "My na into the caramel depths I wonder if she tastes like candy, too

"Why don&039;t you find out?" She presses her lips softly to mine

I don&039;t have tis out loud before heat races through ut Her soft lips mold to ue pokes betweeninto my mouth with abandon

With a lowher across the couch to spill onto my lap The spicy, sweet taste of the peppermint she ate floods my senses and fills my brain with clarity I find that I really don&039;t care if she is a he Or if he is a she

As row in my pants and mya to enjoy solving