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And that’s how he takes me

Slowly

Reverently

Preciously

With his eyes never leaving ain, overwhelmed by sensation He buries his face in h to send hiht behind me

He kisses my neck—butterfly soft kisses I runto memory as I keep my eyes closed, worried I’ll cry more if they’re open

We lie like that, silently wrapped up in each other for what seems like no time, before someone knocks on the door

“You said to get you in four hours,” Drex’s voice calls out “What’s going on?”

Axle tenses againsthe’s about to tell o Or that he can’t let o without him

Instead, he says, “Let’s get you to that extraction team”

With that, he pushes up and off the bed, putting on his clothes, and he walks out, leaving et dressed alone

CHAPTER 31

AXLE

“You have your roller skates?” Eve asks Maya, forcing a s power not to break so Or kill someone

Those are currently oals

Maya nods, not s everyone’s lives when she quickly swipes at a new tear that has fallen

She’s crying over me

Over Me

And I’m ready to kill over her For her

If it wasn’t putting everyone else at risk, I’d say to hell with it all But everyone else is at risk And it’s really fucking selfish to watch people who’ve had my back for years risk certain death because I finally found so I want in life