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“Don’t fight it, baby I’ve got you… always, Caleb”

I began sobbing as I welco hite behind ive out as I e between mine, so he held me up My entire body thrashed as spasainst the wall so I could do nothing but dig o on forever, but Jace’s ainstthe sensitive skin of led to draw in breath after breath as Jace’s body jerked against uess as to how long we stayed like that for, but when the cuan to intrude I waited for Jace to jerk away from me and tellat all

Maybe I was supposed to say so?

I wasn’t sure

What I was sure of was that I could have died happy there in his arers of his free hand buried inbody

“Caleb,” he whispered

God, here it comes

I closed o, I’d been strong enough to walk away, but hoas I supposed to do that now?

“Please don’t leave,” Jace murmured

His words caughtHe pulled back and pressed his forehead against ure it out,” he whispered “I just need a little more time”

I wasn’t sure what it was that he was going to figure out, but I didn’t really care He’d done what I hadn’t been able to do forbefore he’d kissed me