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They switched places and took turns studying the night sky, diving into astronoht her Suddenly the air between theot hit by drops of water She sucked in her breath, still overwhelmed by the connection that seemed to belt them both with its fierceness

"You feel that?" he asked softly He took her hand, raised it to his ently Placed her thu around until her vision fogged and her body ached "It’s always there between us, ready to flare up Like the universe is trying to tell us so out the words in desperation "Yeah, it wants us to fuck"

His eyes darkened with anger He jerked her toward hiers in her hair "It’s et to lie about this About us"

"What are we doing?" she asked softly "What do you want?"

"You I want you I want to hear you say you’re just as freaked out as I aht back the tears and gave him the truth "Yes It is"

"Good"

His ive hi her body surrender to hiing off his clothes as they backed up toward the bed, desperate for each other She pushed hi his erection, loving the er under her fingers Lowering down, she took hiue He fisted her hair and chanted her na hi her back on the hs

She cried out He cupped her face, stared into her eyes, and pressed his forehead to hers

He , pure He loved her with his body, his eyes, his touch, taking her higher until she broke apart, held tight in his ey swirled between theaze froift of his own release, his naked face twisting in ecstasy, and she drank in every expression with a greediness that shocked her

Never had love been this personal, this intimate Skin to skin, his cock deep within her, his ether

The drift back to earth was slow, like a ht fro her life had coed and her path was unknown

"I think I love you," she whispered

"I think I love you, too"

She s of tears "I have to tell you so I’ve kept frohtened around her He propped himself up on his elbow to look into her face "You can tellyou don’t know about me About who I am My father’s name was Matthethorne"

He blinked She watched a variety of expressions flicker over his face as the naed his memory "Did I know your father? I know that name, why can’t I--"

"My full name is Raven Bella Hawthorne I was only nineteen when he died in a car crash"