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With a long huff of breath against my neck, Hawke pushes up and rolls off me For a briefme into the side of his body He liftsme half onto his chest His other hand cos it to my head where he pushes it down

I lay there withto his heartbeat start to slohile warm fluid leaks out of me I'm completely spent, entirely boneless I couldn't move if I wanted to, and I don't want to

We don't speak, but then again, we didn't sayWhile there were so s that were as faraces the back of our couch in the living rooly different about the way in which we just had sex

And it was the silence in which we did it All those years ago, Hawke and I were so consu back in the way of touches or words Just as he wanted the bright light of a room to bathe us in transparency, he was vocally passionate to her and higher His words and the way in which he always spoke theers and lips

But not tonight

Tonight Hawke never said a word, further proof to reat part of himself back And God, does that hurt It hurts because that's on me and what I did to him It makes me feel empty instead of fulfilled as I should be

But not even the hollowness in my chest can eradicate my exhaustion, so I close my eyes with my cheek to his chest and I fall asleep

Chapter 15

Hawke

I'm not prepared to see Vale in the team workout room

I'm not prepared to see her at all because I'm not sure I can behave myself around her I want her and yet I don't want to want her

And I mean I want her viciously

After last night, how could I not? Every single e I ever had for her that was positive flooded ht in ood I certainly didn't want to blurt out an endears even further

I woke early in her bed, our naked bodies spooning, just like we used to Twin torrents of pleasure and anger coursed through er win out, for once, or otherwise I'd be rolling her over and fucking her again I stealthily slid from the bed and quietly put onthat part of et a few extra hours today

Notproblem, I remind myself

With ht I'd make a clean escape when I heard her bed creak and looked up to see Vale perched up on her elbows, the sheet hanging just low enough on her breasts I got a peek of cleavage My cock twitched in clear interest and I wanted to strangle the monster

"Are you leaving?" she asked, her voice rough and craggy with sleep

"Yeah, going to head home for a shower, then to the arena for practice"

Vale's head turned to look at the clock on her bedside table "Yeah, I better get up too and go to the hospital"

"You should sleep some more," I blurted out, then smacked myself mentally

Notproblem

Vale is not ood ride and an even better orgaso back there with her because she's too dangerous to ave it to her once and she stoain

She gave ht sood"

There was no helping s to the side of the bed and slipped free froeous and probably sore between her legs, I had to physically restrain nored me, walked to a small, battered pressed-wood dresser, and pulled a pair of panties out that she slipped up her long legs My nose wrinkled in distaste when I saw thelide over those roses She then took out a T-shirt and slid it over her head before threading her arh