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Blood pounded as I yanked off my socks and lay back down "I…I kind of like the sound of that"

"Kind of?" His hand was onunder the heh"

"Okay" I jerked when his fingers splayed across my skin "I do like that"

"So do I" He lowered his head, kissing me softly "I bet you love that"

My lips curved into a s a deep sound in the back of his throat, Daemon trailed kisses over my still-damp cheek that scalded my skin and lit a fire We whispered to each other, the words slowly stitching together the aching hole inthe sa Blake had said and done He toldme around Blake, confused and even hurt The truths he admitted, I kept them close to my heart

The fear he’d felt when he saw the Aruht, delicate touch of his fingers Those precious words may not have been spoken up until then, but love was in every touch, every soft moan I didn’t need him to say it, because I was surrounded in his love forI’d been part of only existed outside the closed bedroom door, but in here, it was only us And for the first ti between us We were open, vulnerable to each other Pieces of our clothing disappeared His shirt Mine A button came undone on his jeans…and on mine, too

"You have no idea how badly I want this" His voice was rough against my cheek Raw "I think I’ve actually dreaers drifted overfelt crazy Being in his arive ers down his cheek He turned to the touch, pressing his lips against the palain, I sparked alive under him, only for hiot lost in how our bodies h The clothes that we still ere a hindrance I wanted to be rid of, because I was ready to take that next step and I could feel that Daeuaranteed Not that it ever was, but for us, things really weren’t looking in our favor There really was only now, and I wanted to seize the moment and live in it I wanted to share thewith hieven farther down, I opened low outlined his body, throwing shadows along the walls of his bedroo on the brink of losing control, tu over into the unknown, and I wanted to fall and never resurface

But Dae my hands over the hard planes of his sto to believe ainst ht"

I started to s"

Daerin "Yeah, I’ about that That I will do perfectly, but I want to… I want us to have what normal couples have"

Stupid, damnable tears rushed toto bawl like a baby

CuppingI want to do is stop, but I want to take you out--go on a date or so I don’t e’re about to do to be overshadowed by everything else"

With what looked like a great amount of effort, Daemon lifted off me and eased down on his side He wrapped an arrazedreen eyes This…this was more than okay And it tookwith ehtened around me as he kissed my flushed cheek "Told you"

Not what I expected as a response

He chuckled, rolling onto his side--onto me, really "My bet--I won I told you that you’d tellmy arms around his neck, I shook ure?"

"Look at the tiht It’s January second You lost"

For several moments he stared at the clock like it was an Arum he was about to blast into the next county, and then his eyes found mine Daemon smiled "No I didn’t lose I still won"

Chapter 33

I crept back intoairy and…happy I needed to shower and get ready for school There was a part offor the s? I wasn’t sure It didn’t seem fair

And I needed to see Dee

After I stepped out of the steamy bathroom wrapped inon ed At some point, I’d felt hi?"

He patted the spot beside hiether over the next couple of weeks I wouldn’t be surprised if the DOD shows We’re safer together"