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Jenna clutched Richart closer, panting, pleasure rising His touch contained a hint of desperation, a roughness that had never been there before and excited her above and beyond She cried out as ecstasy consu her name on Richart’s lips as he came soon after

Her muscles went limp

Richart sank down on her, forearht off of her "Did I hurt you?" he murmured

"No It was fantastic"

He nodded, face buried in the crook of her neck, and rolled them to their sides, still joined

Jenna waited for her heartbeat to slow its frantic pace Richart never loosened his hold on her, cradling her close

"Did so happen at work today?" she asked tentatively

A ht"

"Oh, no" She rubbed his back in soothing strokes "I’ I’ve ever seen We had no warning" He loosened his hold and relaxed a little, resting his head beside hers on the pillow so their noses almost touched "You know the i to hunt with?"

"Bastien?"

"Yes He’s in love with a mortal and alonizing and bla to hear if" He shook his head "I just kept thinkingwhat if it were me? What if it were us? What if you had been harers "I love you, Jenna"

Her throat thickened

"I know it may seem too soon," he continued

It didn’t Not for her

"But I love you I do"

Jenna pressed a hand to his jaw and smoothed her thumb across his stubbled cheek "I love you, too"

He closed his eyes, turned his face into her touch "The thought of losing you was too ed her closer "I just needed to be with you"

She could live with that

Quiet enfolded them

The corners of his lips twitched

"What?" she asked

"I think we hed "Somehow I think this won’t be the last tiht"

"So You spending the day with Jenna?" Sheldon asked as Richart donned his coat

He nodded

"What’s wrong? You guys have a fight or souilty," Richart confessed "She works long hours all night, then I keep her upon her"

"Mentally or physically?"

"Physically She tries to hide it, but she’s exhausted There are circles under her eyes She keeps getting headaches And she’s so run down she’s caught that flu that’s going around"

"That sucks Try to get her to go to sleep earlier"

Richart smiled wryly "I always intend to, but"

Sheldon smiled "I hear ya Hey, do you want me to make her some chicken soup?"

"No I’ve tasted your chicken soup I want her to feel better not worse"

"S rooer to his lips, then motioned for Richart to accompany him outside

Puzzled, Richart followed hi and waited while he closed the door behind the," John said without preamble

Richart frowned "What?"

"You need to talk Mo that doctor you mentioned"

"Dr Lipton? I already tried once Jenna said doctors can’t do anything for the flu unless they catch it in the first twenty-four to forty-eight hours, that it just needs to run its course"

"This isn’t the flu It’s been teeks"

Richart nodded "Dr Lipton ues who came doith it took a couple of weeks to recover, that it was quite a nasty strain" Richart hadn’t been sick in over two centuries, so he relied on Dr Lipton and Jenna to apprise hi you," John insisted, "this isn’t the flu It’s so else"