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He just stared at ? Finally hehis pal me in

His star tattoos were atme I wanted to wrap my arms around him and press my lips to his chest

Kiss him and kiss him and kiss him until all his pain disappeared

Tentatively, I leaned forward to graze my lips over one of his tattoos He flinched as if I’d struck him, but he didn’t stop me I chanced a brush of my lips over his neck He was motionless, a statue on the outside, a brutal enforcer on the inside

I nuzzled the rugged line of his jaw I smoothed those locks of hair away, then kissed the chiseled cheek I revealed

When I slanted my lips over his, he shuddered out a breath and drew back Blazing in his gaze was that bone-deep yearning, the one that called to mine "What do you want from me, Natalie?"

How to articulate it? I want to kiss you until you forget your pain for a tiainst h to yours In other words"I want you to make love to me"

Before, I hadn’t slept with him because of the future and consequences I wasn’t sure I would live long enough to enjoy the former, so I couldn’t be bothered with the latter

At ht; he looked like he was unraveling

I asked hiasped when he fisted the collar of my dampened shirt "I hat’saze raked over roan

Sevastyan looked attoward death would look at a pair of wings As if I were the difference between life or death for him

I laid my palms over his star tattoos; he cradledmoments, we stayed like that

When he took mymy eyes as he softly kissed me God, I loved his taste, wanted to drink in the heat of his mouth

As ever, I was struck by the contradictions of this hts were aroan, he flicked his tongue harder againstme that he was about to claim this part of me, with the rest of my body to follow

That he was about to conquer