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My heart literally skipped a damn beat as those lashes fluttered and then swept up Clear blue eyes h escapedit between my palms "Shit, Josie, I’m sorry I should’ve held back Are you okay?"

She wet her lips, and that sent a jolt straight to my cock, which officially ht?"

The question al I expected her to say, that wasn’t it I placed her hand on the ot away frootten away froed on after I’dJosie and the guys like a grade-A stalker, and then, when I’d headed back to the dorm, I’d run into Thea, and that was about three shit levels of aard I shouldn’t have been surprised that she was here, since the Covenant in the Catskills was still out of couys hadn’t shown up, I probably would have chewed ht Josie and I needed space

Well, I had needed space, because what had al I didn’t…I hadn’t deserved It was that simple Affection wasn’t in ht unable to sleep, out by the da at the repaired statues I’d destroyed the last ti et the last two years of my life

Josie stared at me a moment, and then sed "Oh Okay," she said hoarsely, and I did ot an ar her "I…I suck"

Way inappropriate visions danced in ot her up on her feet "You don’t suck, Josie That was my fault I needed to pull back and--"

"Will Hyperion hold back the next time he finds me?" She stepped away, and I let ets its hands on ain"

Tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear, I was mentally halfway to the door, because I didn’t want to do this With Alex, I hadn’t thought twice about the possibility of accidentally injuring her, but it was a real concern with Josie, and that sucked ass My stomach churned as I forced myself to stand behind her

But it was aze traveled to the wall, to where all the weapons were displayed No e that she’d have to kill to survive All of this training was pointless if she couldn’t do that It was such…such ato, one I’d never had any probleht of all those I’d hunted down in the past year If Josie couldn’t kill to protect herself, ould she think if she kne many I’d killed?

"When you fall, cross your arhts out of rabbed hold of her arot a danoring that was impossible "Tilt your hips like this and tuck your chin down Okay?"

"Okay," she said, her voice thicker, huskier

My jaorked overtime "Let me see you do it a couple of times The mechanics of it"

Josie did what I asked Under etting her arms across her chest And every ti in rab those hips and haul theroaned

I needed to get ht reasons, I had her keep doing the ered as I stepped back, having ame Her bottom lip was stuck between her teeth