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He chuckled “I explicitly re me not to touch you”

“Didn’t you have to touch et me here?” I countered

“Touché,” his s for ain

I looked around his roos that I had loved and adloith sorain and knot in the wood beams above my head I saw every separate fiber in the blanket on the bed I could see every dust h the air…they looked like little balls of rainbows I noticed that the colors were so much more vibrant

“Wow,” I murmured

“It’s quite so isn’t it?”

“Quite,” I agreed I sat up slowly Or did I? It seemed like my movements had blurred “Whoa”

“You’ll get used to it,” he explained “You’ll learn to control your movements to match a human pace”

A thought occurred to me “I… I still feel like me…” I patted my arms and my face “I didn’t expect that”

“I didn’t tell youa vampire or how you would feel after simply because it’s different for everyone You see it exceptionally well I’m very proud”

“I’s that I said while I was… Well, you know”

“Don’t apologize I ree and it was far fro you in so much pain”

“I’ you”

He stood fros He bent down to my eye level and took my face in his hands “You’re evenhurt is a part of life,” he said and then his lips claimed mine