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"You fill the emptiness some other way," Carina finishes She takes a step closer to ently rest it onacrossto her closeness

"Or this," she continues, leaning closer, closer, to gently drop a kiss againstbreath "Carina," I start, htens, spiraling into a burst of need so strong, I can hardly stand it

I want her, God, I want her--the oblivion of her kiss, the ecstasy of her body I want to block the world out, drown in her sweetness so thatbut a distantertips lightly down htest of touches "I knohat it feels like, you just want to o away I feel it too, Garrett" She raises her eyes to meet mine "Sometimes, I feel so alone, I can hardly take the pain"

My heart twists Her eyes are like two pools of the clearest water, crystal and true I could happily drown in them, swim deep to the center of her world and never coet," she says, not realizing what she’s offering me: the world, her world, every sinful pleasure under the sun "Let’s both of us forget everything, and just be together You and me"

Her eyes flash with yearning, a deep desire The realization shatters through

She wants h for Char and Kaylee--knowing how I drove theently trace her lips, watching her eyes widen, feeling the intake of breath Her skin flushes, and I feel et, to leave the world behind tonight, and feel the kind of wholeness I tasted in her ar to take froht now, it’sto be selfish, then by God, I’ll ood for her I’ll make her sob and moan, I’ll set her world on fire And then, ht, caught up in the nad press of each other’s bodies, as if the real world doesn’t matter anymore

"Take ive in to the lust and devastating need, leaning down to slowly capture that perfect, te mouth in a kiss

She tastes like heaven, like su back, savoring the gentle press of her lips and the brief ray of sweetness in her touch Time melts away, and the world ceases its cruel torment

For a moment, I’m utterly at peace

Slowly, I coh, and then her hands are up around o, God, an army of thousands couldn’t keepher lips apart and sliding ue deep inside her mouth to drown in her eetness

Carina ansith a rip her closer, squeezing to cup her peach of an ass I’her the way I did the other night This is different, a low burn of passion, so with everybetween us in this kiss

I pull away, cradling her face to take in the sight of her: her eyes bright, her skin flushed