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Gasping for breath, he relaxed, but he propped hiht of his body on ain soently kissed my collar bone, lowed happiness, and I felt dazed and weak My vision was blurred and hazy, and I knew that er, but I just couldn’t feel it

"Was that okay?" Jack asked, looking atI’ve ever felt" I smiled up at him and touched his face He suddenly looked too hed, sounding wonderfully exhausted I had worn hiod, Alice I didn’t know it could be that good" He collapsed back on the bed next to me, and he pulled me into his arms, so my head would lie on his chest "Ohout on that"

"I know," I giggled, feeling girlie and buzzed I snuggled up as close to hi the way ain "Youperson I have ever met, and I am crazy in love with you"

"Good" I kissed his chest and smiled up at him "Cause I feel exactly the same way about you"

The loss of blood and the exhaustion of pleasure left me drained My vision started to clear from the haze of lust, and the pain in my stomach kicked in, but I was too tired to deal with it I just wanted to stay in Jack’s arms forever and listen to the sound of his heartbeat Our bodies were slowly returning to their normal te the off to sleep when I heardfronore It stopped, so I settled back into his arroaned

"Should I get that?" Jack asked

"No, it’ll stop," I said, hugging hiot it, that meant he would have to be away from me, and I wasn’t ready for that

It did stop, only to iet that" He untangled hio He slipped on his boxers, and I watched hi the sound of the ringing

For one second, watching how gorgeous he was, ot to be with hihted hed "I’ain Where is it?"

"I don’t know" I sat up, holding the blankets over my chest

"Of course it stops when I look for it" He poked around the hamper, since I had a tendency to leave ain He went over to the medicine cabinet and opened it "Alice, why is your phone in the ot the ed "Just shut it off and come back to bed"

"Uh oh" He ca my phone out to me "It’s Jane"

"I should probably answer that" I held my hand out I answered it just before it went to voicemail, and Jack sat on the bed next to od you answered!" Jane sobbed in relief, but her voice was shaking "I’ve run into sood I am sorry I don’t know-" She sounded absolutely terrified, and she knocked any of the war about? What’s going on?" I asked

"I don’t know! They just made ot farther away

"Jane? Jane!" I shouted

"No, it’s not Jane," a male voice returned to the phone, and the hairs on the back ofand deep with an accent I couldn’t place Almost British, or maybe German, but softer "This is Alice, I presu to answer his questions until he toldon Out of the corner ofdressed I’m not sure if he could overhear the conversation, or if he just saw est you co sinisterly playful in his voice, and I heard Jane crying in the background "Where are we? You need to tell us if you want your friend to corowled "Leave her alone! When we find you, we’ll kill you!"

"We?" He chuckled "Even better" Jane screaround "We’re at Loring Park! But Alice! Don’t co off the rest of her sentence

"As you can tell, we’re in a hurry, so act accordingly," he said, then the phone went silent

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I back, but it went straight to voicemail Jack had already pulled on shorts and a tee shirt, and he was struggling to put on his Converse My stoether,me feel volatile and frail