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Bliss shattered through me and I stilled over Killian before I shuddered around him on a broken cry of release

The air whipped around me as I found myself flipped onto my back on the bed with ht the waves ofinto me in hard, fast thrusts I felt the heat catch hold of the sparks of asm

"Oh ht of the ferocious look on his face as he slautturally "Fuck, Skylar!" His hips stilled and then his body jerked hard as his cock throbbed and swelled inside me I felt the warrip on my wrists as he relaxed into ht

I rubbedthe back of his muscular calf "You have a proble smoky, lazy

Killian lifted his head, his features slack with relaxation "You fucked me the way you wanted to fuck me and I fucked you the way I wanted to fuck you Fair is fair"

I grinned because he had a point "Okay"

He gavehis arms behind his head "It’s been some day"

It had been After their visit to the record label, I said goodbye to Micah and Brandon, sad that I couldn’t see them to the airport We promised to check in with each other and they proet in touch with y

"‘In the Wind’ sounds a that ritten with so much pain, but I did feel proud of it Still, I needed Killian to know that’s not how I felt any yesterday"

"Aye?"

"Mmm" I turned my head on the pillow to look at him Was there ever a time in my life when this ertips along his jaw

He side-eyed me curiously "Can I hear it?"

"Yes" I sat up and shimmied off the bed I disappeared into the bathroom for a brief cleanup, and then I sauntered out into the living roo naked?" Killian called after round as he got up

The apartment arm and no one could see us up here, so I didn’t see the point in putting on clothes when I was i Part of it was nervous anxiety I wanted to do this before I lost s with uitar on my knee as Killian walked out of the bedrooainst the ith his ankles crossed Although his posture was relaxed, his expression was dark, devouring and filled with ee of you right noill be the last thing I remember the day I die"

I smiled softly as my chest filled with love "Yeah?"

Killian nodded, so serious "Yes"

For not the first time, I almost blurted out that I loved him Then I realized after I stoppedI was about to sing was prettychords, the sound light and upbeat In my head, it was a melody that would crescendo with the chorus but I couldn’t achieve that with my acoustic That didn’tto hi still,

Cemented heart, bricked-over soul

But there were cracks I couldn’t see,

Through the called out

"The river heard ed in stone,

And you were colder on your throne

Of freezing waves that floodedupon you

"The river heard me and it came for me