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Hawke ceased his exploration of the bruises and used both his hands to carefully push my pants and underwear down and I sucked in a breath when he dropped to his knees to help nored s and then upto my back He stood back up as his hands caers into er inside of h themy hole He pulled his hand back and studied the sticky, white fluid covering his finger and part of me wanted to lean down and take a taste But then Hawke’s eyes lifted to meet mine and I couldn’t move, could barely breathe Because the eaze now

Regret, longing, need It was all there in spades

And in thathe wanted Because I knehat he was feeling How many times had I been therebesides pain?

Hawke settled his hand on ly and when he dropped his ly tender and sweet and it hit me hard Harder than a passionate kiss ever could have E in me not to cry as Hawke cupped the back of oing anywhere and I wasn’t about to let hio either so I wrapped my arms around his neck And when he finally probed the seah the kiss was deeper, it was still painfully gentle and the moment Hawke released ainst his neck so I wouldn’t make a fool of myself Hawke’s arms closed around an to fill with stea down just behind me

It could have been h so that he could reach for the hem of his own shirt I’d wondered if the burn marks on his face extended down the rest of his body, but I only barely noticed that they did when he pulled the shirt over his head He was as perfectly built as I’d suspected, but my eyes immediately went to the tattoo scrawled across the left side of his chest Words – dozens of them – covered the muscles just above his left nipple and continued all the way down to his waist I didn’t get a chance to study theh, because Hawke bent to push his pants off and then he was drawingover mine I felt the burn scars as I put my hands on his sides, but I didn’t focus on thes to ht possible True, I’d only ever been kissed by Reggie, but I wouldn’t have ever guessed a person could say soabout Haas siut that no other kiss would ever feel like Hawke’s

Hawke kept the kiss short and I had a terrible fear that he would leave me when he drew back a little bit so I closed o,” I whispered desperately

Hawke didn’t respond to ain, I kneasn’t leaving edin behind ainstdesire I was facing the wall as Hawke got into the shower, but when I tried to turn to face him, his hand settled on ainst my chest as Hawke’s body lined up withmy ass At that point, I didn’t care how ain – I just wanted to keep feeling his skin againsths They stayed there for aovermy chest