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His only response was to look out overMaybe he really would s, but he certainly didn’t seeer to send me on my way A whisper of doubt crept in As much as I enjoyed er

I put ht squeeze "Don’t worry," I told hih We still have another two and half years or so on our current deal"

But to my surprise he put his hands on e from my embrace His face hardened briefly before he turned away fro"

My doubt increased "I know I’ve seen soquestions for you next ti away, hands clenched into fists at his sides, shoulders rising and falling with quickened breaths "Rhyzkahl?" I set a hand gently on his back "You okay?"

He went still at my touch, so still I wasn’t even certain he breathed I slid my hand up to his shoulder "Rhyzkahl, please tell h "You’re kinda freaking me out a bit"

He turned and looked down at me, face alive with emotions I’d never seen in hi akin to desperation flickered in his eyes as he caughton with hi with Jesral? That one sure as hell had his own agenda Definitely tied into any of that lord shit

"It’s going to be okay," I said softly "How about a goodbye kiss?"

Rhyzkahl hesitated only a heartbeat before dropping his erly into it as I skiers through the white-blond silk of his hair I felt the tension in hioing to miss him too, I realized, as odd as our relationship was

I expected hiin the ritual, but he continued as if he couldn’t get enough ofdown to cup ly rockedevidence that he was possibly wanting oodbye kiss Some hot sex for the road? Yeah, I was okay with that I quickly worked the buttons of his shirt loose and slipped it from his shoulders He shook it free of his arht his hands tothe kiss to pull it over er and the hint of desperation again But it was gone before I could fully register that it was there at all

He gently lowered rails, for a oodbye fuck" was soram, but they remained quiescent Good Because that would’ve been weird

He slipped his breeches off and returned to coverover ently between thuht here, right now," he said, voice resonating with intensity "Nothing else is of i, I wrapped my arms around him "We are here," I echoed

He lowered his head to kiss ht tears to entle, yet with a passion beneath it that spoke of genuine affection His handsevery inch of erly responded, more fired and moved by this display of true ardor than by any of his prior attentions

He made love to me There was no other word for it Not possessive or fierce but with a fervor that brought us together into a perfect joining And , spiraling together with his as we clung to each other and tre in deep, contented pleasure, I relaxed against hi sweat-dauid sils that surrounded us "It’s beautiful," I h him "Yes, it is Very beautiful," he said, an odd catch in his voice that I’d never heard fro his attention on the slowly pulsing diagram A lift of his hand sent the entire pattern into a slow spin and then he was still, silhouetted against the softly shifting light

I pushed up on oodbyes went, that had been a doozy, but noas tinite it? What do we need to do?"

His head dropped It was several seconds before he spoke "More Much more"

The obvious tension in his body and the taut undercurrent in his voice sent a chill racing over my skin I wondered about the i? Please tell ed them on in silence "Too ret in his voice He picked up his shirt, slipped it on and began to button it "I cannot stop it now I can only uer, but this was freaking me out a little so I opted for aabout?"

He turned fully to el to be if there were such things The words fell heavily in reeht hiss and baring of teeth As it all pretty much summed up what I’d seen of the bullshit that went on between lords in the past few days, I figured one of the rat bastards had fucked hi I can do to help?"