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I chuckled "What a shao soht I felt you leave the bed"

Surprise shuttled through me I had left briefly so I could feed "I met with Basil for a few moments" Which wasn’t entirely a lie I had met with hi thing, and I was hoping she wouldn’t--at least for the tiured out how to explain that I still needed to feed "I’ so loudly--"

"I was not snoring!" She slappedto be ashamed of," I teased

She shot me a dirty look "You’re a jackass"

"You love me"

"You’re lucky that I do"

My damn heart clenched in response Fuck I couldn’t help it I was lucky Hearing her say that did things to in to describe

Reaching over, I tugged on the thin straps of the tank top she earing I knew that, under the blankets, she wasn’t wearing any pants, and I struggled not to focus on that little fact I was behaving ht about what Aiden had toldhier than nor Hopefully that was our lead and Hyperion would be found nearby I’d close out the week by turning that fucking bag of dicks into nothing but a sround Maybe, if I killed Hyperion, then Josie wouldn’t be so haunted, so terrorized

"You look like you’re about to break your brain," Josie said

I raised a brow, but the sue "I want to help you"

Her gaze flicked to mine as she placed her palm on my shoulder "You are"

"Really? I’ht, soht You’re still exhausted all the time and you’ve been sick" I drew in a shallow breath "I just want to help you Telle the subject Talking about her ti she wanted to do Couldn’t really blame her for that, but I also knew just how badly unspoken words and unwanted memories could fester

"Distracther hand up ers slid through my hair and then over to my cheek "Kiss me"

I didn’t hesitate

There was no way I could deny her

Ever

~

Josie

Seth lowered his head, his eyes lit from within by an a about the way the packed, cold dirt floor felt against my skin

The kiss started off sweet, a little bit of pressure that leftfor so much more than just a sweep of his lips on ht him around the nape of the neck and held him there