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"I want to go outside I need so the paperwork on the desk "Come with me?"
Such a simple request A walk around his property in the sun
I sainst my lips, I said, "Could this be seen as an improvement to the kidnap by knife routine?"
His hand suddenly capturedme forward He kept a s altered from relaxed to shallow "Do you knohy I’ve avoided you for a week? Why I haven’t begged for your ed you into my bed?" His silver eyes scorched me with acres of pent-up lust
I bit rew liquid at thehim: his salty dark taste, the way he came apart inhi climax But for the past week, I walked on knife blades My body wanted Fox every second of every day and not being able to touch him--to let him knoanted him--had been torture
"Why?" I ive you what you gavehard that you fall into my ar you want to know"
I swayed forward "Do it then" My heart raced like a rabbit
His head dropped, bringing his lips tely close to th I’round betweenscared of hurting you again" His fingers tightened around my elbows "I just want to be quiet inside I want nor you"
Fox was unlike any antic heart and the sweetness lurking in his violence But I did hate that he spoke the truth It wasn’t a game he played He honestly couldn’t control whatever lived inside him, and my life would be forfeited if he lost control
Our eyes locked, green to grey I stood on tip-toes to kiss him
He froze as my lips moved on his, and I waited to see if he would push me away I wasn’t stupid After what happened before, I now carried a knife in my hair and in my back pocket I fully intended to deliver ain and made me choose who lived or died
His ue entered and swept over his botto ainst him I wanted friction between us I wanted his hands on every inch ofue It was the contradiction that h, but beneath that lived a man who only wanted approval A man who had never had affection or love or a si heart
He pulled away, looking deep intothe office, we s to the front of the house Only two fighters had arrived for asession and no one disturbed us
Fox didn’t stop e reached outside He lifted his face to bask in the golden warmth His black clad body looked like a ravel driveway to the grass beyond
He waited for entle smile "My life would be a lot easier if the sun shone twenty-four hours a day"
I played withthe need away to hold his hand I hated that I couldn’t touch hi to be clai a trace of aardness "If you hate the dark so much, why do you wear all black?"
His jaw clenched but we kept walking "It’s a stupid reason and doesn’t even make sense to me I should dress in yellows and whites--avoid black completely, but I don’t"
"Tellat the huge gargoyles decorating the rowled, "I’m free So why did I build a house on the exact replica where all the hell and evilness occurred? Why do I wear the only colour ere allowed?" His eyes met mine "Because it’s all I know The only place and colour that I trust to keepelse terrifiesh s "You are worthy Every day I spend with you, you’re ihed darkly "Only because I keep my distance and don’t touch you Believe hts you would run"
"Do you want me to run?"
His eyes narrowed "You should"
"But do you want rab his hand and hold hi"
He shook his head, striding off toward the back garden "What I want doesn’tI could crack hiht froain until he led reenhouse at the back of his extensive property The large stone wall barricaded anyone frolass walls and roof, war plants within
Fox opened the door, and a huge gust of heat slapped s I want to show you" His voice was rougher, sending lanced around at the seedlings and exotic flowers Spread out doo aisles with a large chair at the end rested vegetables, herbs, and bonsai Orchids, in vibrant blues and purples, hung froent sht aisle and stopped in front of a tray of pretty white flowers--tiny, like snowflakes hanging off a bright green stalk "Do you knohat these are?"
I moved closer Of course, I knehat that was As a ued every plant, household chemical, and poison that could har My one luxury
"It’s lily of the valley" Staring at the little, innocent plant, I st edible and non-toxic plants?"