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"But you couldn’t save yourhters were ruining Austin and Levi’s lives You ran away from the cops back when Porter OD’ed, and unbeknownst to you, left Austin and Lev to deal with your mam hard time You came back to save your brothers over the creho’d been your only real fa Because you did it all for fa you do is for family You’ve repeatedly sacrificed your chance at happiness so they can keep theirs"
I slidscar, the scar fro that nearly killed him "You endured five years of hell for your brothers And even though you found your life’s passion within that nightiveness Your sculptures are guilt ridden cries of pain… deep sorrow… deep anguish and sadness for things you believe you cannotspecifically to the el It was still the only finished piece he’d never explained to el The dual-faced broken and liberated angel was hisas they heldmy palm to lay on his cheek, I said, "I know you, Axel Carillo, querido You’re not the villain in this story, you’re the beautifully flawed hero You’re the dark hero who has been sacrificing hi so others would be safe… and you did it all fully understanding that no one could ever know But I know, and I don’t care what anyone thinks of onna kno," he rasped, his voice sounding as though he’d sed yards of razor wire "Your friends, ether after this, after tonight… and they ain’t gonna understand why When all this shit clears with Molly, they’re gonna try and onna want to tear us apart"
Tilting my head to the side, I could see the hurt and the apprehension… and was there… fear, in his voice? The realization warmed my soul…he didn’t want to lose me My heart became so full of love I could barely breathe… he didn’t want to losehis, hearing hih our bodies whenever we touched
"Rayo…" I whispered against his warm mouth, unable to stop my smile
"What?" he asked as his hand caressedhiether, wegoes through me when I see you, talk to you… touch you make love to you…"
Axel was silent at htly around s quaked at his perfect pronunciation, such a beautiful language slipping froh, "La mia fulmine… la ether, our bodies once again fused
Our lips wandered along cheeks and necks until at last they met in a sensuous kiss… the le kiss than our endless nights of love, I assured Axel, "No one can make me leave you I don’t care what they say You’re mine, all mine Your troubles are my troubles Your sins are now my sins"
Axel shook his head as if he couldn’t believe what I’d just pro my arm to kiss the inside of my wrists "You’re my sacrament The holy waterbenediction slipping from her lips, now runs in your veins" He dropped e the tears from my eyes and suck the collected tears into his mouth As his lips released the pad of his thumb, he finished, "it falls with every tear you shed for me"
"Axel," I quietly sobbed He pressed a kiss to both ofme in his arms It was a simple embrace An embrace that most couples innocently share almost absentmindedly, but Axel had never letact
It … it meant he had let me in finally