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Kat drew back, slipping out of rin, she reached down and pulled her sweater off over her head
Hells yeah
Then all rational thought fled when the pants ca The prettiest pink swept over her body, but she didn’t duck her chin or hide from me
Man, Kat fascinated me, every aspect of her She was beautiful, but it went so beyond that She was so incredibly strong, and she bore the scars of her strength like a prizefighter She was siven ift when she lovedI’d always take fro her in the buff, I wrapped my arms around her I didn’t need to tell her that I loved her The words were less because they were spoken so much Actions were always louder, always more potent
I showed her
On my knees, and then on the narrow bed, with her brsts flush against ain I wanted to do ht to bring any protection fro either of us needed to worry about was a little Kat or Daemon on the way
But like before, there were otherthings we could do And we did them until my senses were coain We were greedy, pushing it until ere al back at the last ether with our hands on each other and our ether
It was perfect
She was perfect
And I was the luckiest guy
When we finally left toat the exit doors, one arm over Beth’s shoulders I really didn’t knohat to say to hi So I stopped and just stared at the two, hoping that even if we failed in the worst kind of way, o on They’d be safe They’d be okay
Kat approached theirl said so to her and Kat smiled in return
I had to take a deep breath when I walked over to Dawson and clappedto be okay here"
He leaned in until his forehead pressed against rinned, and then he hugged me We both knew the risks and how this could all play out But we didn’t voice it to each other as we said good-bye Walking away fro with the wo I knew
But I had to do it
I had to let Dawson take care of himself, Beth, and his child That was his job now
My skin itched with the need to go back when I walked out those danored it and focused ahead General Eaton aiting for us beside a black Explorer, the kind of car Daedalus used to roll around in