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What could I say that would caler would be the result I was dead set on accepting the leader’s punish to diffuse the situation, I reer, and I illing to be that for hiain "Don’t you have anything you want to live for?"

I kneas a loaded question What he really ht for ether Tears blurred ainst ain I wouldn’t bring up the fact that even if I did lived, he was still o-round, it never went anywhere except in circles I thought about telling him how much he meant to me, but I faced the sa ht about fate or destiny until I became a olf Now, more than ever, I was convinced it was a heartless bitch that got off on screwing up people’s lives

"I can’t discuss this anymore" I turned to leave, but Adam was in front of ripped my arms as he stared down at me I wondered if our hearts were still in sync and if his was beating as hard as ht, Anna I know your e it Please just give ht"

My tears picked up as if his words had turned on a faucet My lip quivered and my nose filled I was pretty sure I wasn’t much to look at, at that moat a picture of my parents until sleep claimed me, but as Adam stood in front of ht with hihteen

Adaher up in thethat hadn’t been used in a long time A thick layer of dust covered every square inch Aside fro stove and a set of bunk beds, there wasn’t anything else in the space Two small s on either side of the rooreen plaid curtains The walls ood planks that looked like they’d been recycled froot to work at starting a fire Being at this high of altitude there was still snow on the ground and a chill in the air The night had taken a lot out of ic, even my as quiet Adam hadn’t spoken much on the drive up Instead, he seehts, and I let him I was too overwhelmed with my own problems to dissect his

Once the fire was started, Adam looked back at me The space between us felt more like miles than feet We stood at a standstill as we observed each other, the unspoken words so heavy they were like a physical weight bearing down on hts occupied my ave into All of the rejecting seemed so pointless now

Adam took slow, calculated steps towardsto happen, yet I wasn’t ready for it At least, I didn’t think I was My ht place to fully appreciate his company

"What do you want, Anna?" Adah thick lashes His htly upturned, but his smile didn’t reach his eyes

"What do you mean?" I hated how sth ofso of sass only she provided Without her I eak and vulnerable

"If you weren’t going to die toain, his fingers trailing down to the buttons on his shirt One by one he popped thees of muscle were displayed

My eyes stared at the small portion of exposed flesh as I answered "I don’t know" It was as honest of answer I could give him Before I became olf, I didn’t have a future mapped out I worked my job, paid my bills, and lived one day at a time I learned when my parents died that the future could be short What was the point in planning for so that may not co a few steps closer "You’re not the type to settle down behind a white picket fence and taxi rug-rats to soccer matches So tell me, what type are you? What do you crave froe I wasn’t getting A fire burned behind those sapphires and heatedstirred between ured it out yet," I responded, standing up straighter At the ic body had been awakened by his sexuality Without thinking, I licked h hooded eyelids

Adam slipped his flannel shirt over his broad shoulders slowly and then tossed it onto the bed The sight of hi I couldn’t keepover every square inch that showed A trail of sandy brown hair went fro low on his hips, revealing the sexiest "V" I’d ever seen Ada off of it I crossedinto Ada I couldn’t allow myself to fall victiether I’d proe what to