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She added, “No matter how doomed ere from the start, I wouldn’t take any of it back I knohat I really want, and even though I can’t have it, I understand that the reason I never gave Michael any encourageht years is because I innately knew amiable companionship was all we’d share Even if we’d married and had children, ouldn’t have experienced this kind of passion”
“I’m sorry you continually suffer because of me”
She sht now?”
He snorted “You don’t always have to let me off the hook”
“I don’t,” she was quick to say “I’ve deiven ones I have no authority to ask for I appreciate that”
He pulled her closer to him and kissed her “I appreciate that you listen And try to understand, although you can’t possibly reconcile in your s I’ve done”
With a nod, she said, “I have to remain true to my species You have the saht is that humans have killed other humans for centuries Demons have killed demons How hypocritical would we all be if we said we fiercely protect our own kind and never turn on them?”
His eyes closed briefly “Don’t try to justify or mollify my actions, Jade”
She was quiet for several moments, then added, “I’ll never be able to condone the how closea button that would reduce this planet to an even weaker state than it’s currently in At least we have fresh air to breathe, rather than inhaling toxins from nuclear bombs that would likely kill survivors within years, if not sooner”
“You’re well educated in human conflicts Is that how you can stand to be around me?”
The expression on her face revealed shock that he’d made such a statehim by surprise—she said, “Perhaps In addition to the fact you’re so damn hunky So irresistible”
He kissed her again The sensations she evoked with just a kiss seared his insides When he dragged his mouth from hers, it skiripped her waist and he urged her upward Her dewy folds slid along his stoue flicked over her nipple before he sucked the taut peak into his mouth
She gasped Her fingers plowed through his hair Her other forearently scraped her tight bud His tongue soothed it All the while, she squir his skin
Gliding his hand over her backside, he stroked the cleft of her ass, then pushed two fingers deep into her pussy
“Oh God,” she said on a spiked breath