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I heldhis answer
"I loved Annora Deeply Madly I doubt I would have put up with her all those years if I hadn’t When I saw her again on the submarine, as a human… and she kissed est tis would return" He slid his hand beneathmy head up to look directly into his eyes "But they didn’t, Rose I wondered at first whether it was just the shock of seeing her and the rush of feelings would come later But they still haven’t and now I doubt if they will ever return She’s… different than the girl I fell in love with Even though she’s huirl I’ve come to realize that I’m more in love with the memory of her than I am with her I just feel… numb You, on the other hand…"
I heldhis hands either side ofhis head, he rested his rough cheek against lance hainst a tree I felt tears in my eyes as his lips caressed mine, slowly, tenderly I relished every second that kiss lasted, and when he broke apart, I gripped his hair and pulled hi for hi here lost in this perfect moasped
He kissed ainst my lower lip "If we can find a way off this island"
"What about Annora?" I whispered
He paused, furrowing his brows
"Until we can find somewhere safe for her to stay, I a ht say as much Caleb was a rown up in a time very different to ine hi woman alone and helpless His old-fashioned values were a part of him that I loved, but in this case I couldn’t deny that they were annoying
"She’s not going to be welcomed by anyone in The Shade," I said bluntly
"Oh, I know"
"Then what could we possibly do with her?"
He looked out at the lake "I don’t know yet But while we’re figuring out how to get off this island, we have ti his lips against s to wrap around his waist "We should finish scoping out the island now"
Even as he started running, I couldn’t stop kissing every part of his skin that I could reach I’d been scheet back at Annora But now I realized I really didn’t need to Caleb had already chosenI could possibly do to her What Caleb had adh to wipe her out completely I’d already won the battle In fact, based on the way Caleb had just looked into un