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"I think they understandthe edge of ue have been out there running--for years No one is innocent here They want it just as bad as we do We’ll figure out a way to keep them as safe as possible We’ll take care of theh?"

"It will be" Lia, I helse seeh my loose hair, "Let’s just stay here, you andelse in for a while, okay?"

This was the danger of hi off my shoulders and set it aside He beca question My world refocused, settling on him--beautiful, perfect him I didn’t have to think about what I’d done, ould happen to us even five ivein this If I couldn’t bare every secret to hi in my heart, at least I could be close to him this way He wanted comfort, and so did I

I nodded and brushed my lips as soft as a breath just behind his ear The response was instant--a shudder ran through hiain and again He rolled over on top of s around his He pressed down to capture my mouth and I froze at the friction between us

Lia his elbows on either side of ether as he studied my face I felt myself flood with color, the way it spread down my throat, across my chest It wasn’t the first time I’d felt how much he wanted me, but here, in this room, on this bed--it felt like more of a decision that needed to be made One I wasn’t ready for

"It doesn’t have to be anything more than this," he said, softly "I don’t want you to think it has to be This is actually pretty da the edge of my sports bra Every last ounce of his attention focused on et" The words were flustered, tangled up in one another, but I understood hisspiral of happiness through ht ahead; he would take the necessary precautions "Days, weeks, years from nohen you’re ready, so am I Okay?"

I wondered if he could feel how quickly he’d dialed up h to see the pulse at the base of his throat, if the tre in his hands hadn’t already spoken for hi hi to do with you?" I asked, only half joking

That tiny srew as he lowered his face towardor two"

"Like what kinds of things?" I teased, pulling back as he cas that’ll get us in trouble?"

"You are trouble," he said "Capital T and everything--"

I pulled hihter off before it had the chance to start My kiss eased off under his touch, beco slower, a sweet kind of lazy It made me feel, for the first time in my life, that I actually had tio to dinner every night?" I asked as his lips left mine and started to work toward my throat

"Okay," he whispered, "works for me"

I didn’t feel shy or cluan to draw it up, off I heard him whisper my name, the sound of it breathy and raw, and it was like a hit of a drug to ain and again

There was a tentative knock on the door

Lia hard It was hard to tell which looked ht, they’ll go away

They seeh as Lia the rest of the room with his broad shoulders

Then, the door cracked open

Liaainst the top bunk and actually half tripped, half fell onto the ground Cold air hitthat at some point, my own shirt had mysteriously vanished, only to reappear on the other end of the bunk’s thinon!" Lia back over my head just as he bent to scoop his up off the floor A small piece of folded paper fell out of his back pocket, fluttering to the ground softly He stuet to the door before it could open the rest of the way, catching it in his hand Lia whoever was there fro in

"Hey sorry," ca crazy Do you think you could fix it?"

Liareat ti and, I’m really sorry, I didn’tback at er,for me to wait