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"You’ve no clue what you do to me, Anna"

Oh, I think I have an idea

I’m not sure who moved forward first but it didn’t matter What mattered was the complete softness of how our lips met I could feel his tentativeness, and how he held back

"It’s okay, Kai," I whispered "We’ll be careful"

"I won’t let it go that far again," he promised

General disappointment settled inside my heart for all that we couldn’t have, but I nodded

I scooted forward until our chests pressed together, wrapping my arms around his neck while his went aroundeach other’s lips with tenderness And then I ranhim, just as he’d done to rowl fro ht disappeared and only sensation lived

His grip tightened and he lifted s to wrap around his waist and link behind his back

"We’ll be careful," he said, repeating what I’d told hiainst his mouth

Our lips never parted as he walked us to the bedroo around with our liet aith A glorious energy poured forth between us I lost all track of time and the outside world

People often referred to life in oceanic terms: a sea of possibility, plenty of fish in the sea But it wasn’t that way for Nephili of sharks or be eaten by them The sea held no possibility for us But here and noe found ourselves in a private tank without a shark in sight It was tiny and temporary We were buoyant

When we stopped to breathe and look at each other, I giggled

"Your hair," I said It was sticking up everywhere I worked through it with ers, while he smiled down on me "I love you," I whispered

He closed his eyes and pressed another silken kiss tome like that, no words would be necessary

We propped ourselves on our sides facing each other One of h my own hair, which had beco for you?" I asked hi on inary lint fro"

"This is better than anything I’ve ever done" His voice was soft and sincere He pushed the long bangs froed yourself, luv? It’s brilliant"