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I’m not sure okeinto a pair of bright green eyes I smiled "Hey," I murmured

One side of his full lips tipped up "Hey there, sleeping beauty…"

Over his shoulder, the sky had deepened to a denim blue "Did you kiss me awake?"

"I did" Dae his arm to support his head He placed his hand on my stomach and my chest fluttered in response "Told you, my lips have mystical powers"

My shouldershave you been here?"

"Not long" His eyes searchedaround the woods He didn’t want to leave while you were out here"

I rolled lad he didn’t"

"Wow Pigs are flying" When he narrowed his eyes, I lifted h the soft waves that fell over his forehead His eyes drifted shut and ht "How’s Dawson?"

"Calmed down How’s Kitten?"

"Sleepy"

"And?"

Slowly, I trailedhis broad cheek and down the hard line of his jaw He turned intohis lips to it "Happy you’re here"

His fingers , separating the thin flaps of ainst the tank top I had on underneath "And?"

"And glad I didn’t get eaten by a bear or coyote"

He arched a brow "What?"

I grinned "Apparently they’re a problem around here"

Dae abouthim, I showed As Dae was so ers smoothed over his bottom lip and then I moved my hand to his chest I lifted my head and he met me halfway

The kiss started off tentative and s all too fae of what I wanted, sparked deep inside us and our hearts picked up together, beating heavily and fast I let myself fall into that kiss, drown in it, becos was hard to process At once both exhilarating and frightening I was ready, had been ready, and yet I kneas scared, because like Daemon had said before: humans were afraid of the unknown And Daee of the unknown for a while

He pressed down until I was flat on ht perfect and crazy His hand slid up, bunching theThe touch was tooasped for air, for control I was quickly losing

"I need to stop," he said roughly, eyes closing tightly, lashes fanning the tips of his cheeks "Like, right now"

I threadedhe didn’t notice how badly my hand shook "Yeah, we should"

He nodded, but then he lowered his head and kissed ain Good to see he had the same amount of willpower as I did, which was zilch My hands slid down his back, digging into the shirt he wore, finding their way under it, splaying across his war around his We were close, so close that even if our hearts hadn’t beat in tandem before, it wouldn’t have mattered, because they would’ve found each other and joined now

Our breaths were co fast This was insane Perfect His hand crept underup and up, and every part of me wanted to press the stop button on the world and then hit repeat so I could feel this way over and over again

Daemon stiffened

"Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the er, my eyes!" Dee shrieked "My eyes!"

My own eyes snapped open Daemon lifted his head, eyes luminous Then I realized my hands were still up his shirt I yanked them out

"Oh my God," I whispered,that burned " And then he added "

"You were on…her and your nals at that point She went on "And that’s more than I want to see Like, ever"

I pushed at Daemon’s chest, and he rolled off I sat up and twisted around, keeping ht sight of Dee and even though you’d think she’d caught us buck naked in the act, instead of

"What do you want, Dee?" Dae her hands on her hips "Well, I don’t want anything from you I wanted to talk to Katy"

My head jerked up, embarrass to this new little shop in Moorefield Saturday afternoon They sell vintage dresses For prom," she added as I continued to stare at her

"Proet it

"Yeah, prolanced at her brother, her cheeks turning rosy "Most of the dresses are going to be gone And I don’t know if the place has anything, but Ash heard about it and you kno she is with clothes, so she’s in the know Like, a couple of days ago, she found this really cute cropped sweater that--"

"Dee," Dae his lips