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I continued down the hall until he grabbedpast the strain, the shadow of scruff along his jaw and cheeks, to the intensity of his eyes, and for a single instant my body confused the need to kill him with the need to kiss him

I yanked myself away and pushed the door open to the stairwell

"Are you ht?" he demanded "Because as far as I can tell, it’s both"

"I think Cole gave you a pretty decent outline of theas I reached the first landing He was right atto back me into the same dark corner I’d stolen a kiss frorier, like he was doing it on purpose

"I’ain

"Touch ret it"

He released his hold on me and backed off "Please, listen to ht now!"

Liaree with Cole, who could never be wrong, not about anything"

I whirled back on hi at his chest with both hands "Because you ca end of Zach’s gun! Because you could have died and I wouldn’t have been able to stop it! Because you didn’t think and everything we’ve been working toward could have fallen a--!"

His eyes flashed, blue flames, as he pulled me to him

He kissed me

He kissed e of the East River camp In the darkness, the smell of damp earth and dust and leather wrapped around us Hard--desperate--his hands fisted in my hair, mine in his jacket