Page 54 (1/2)

The door splintered behind me as I rushed

through and slammed it shut

26

SERENA

The nightti out in a spiderweb of lights Fro I could even see the dark strip of the Seine, winding lazily through the city

You know, it really is beautiful…

It alh

“Hey…”

Broderick’s big arms slipped aroundhis wrists there His stubbled chin tickled me as he laid it on my shoulder

“Sorry about before,” he murmured

“For what?”

“For getting short with you during the ride back,” he said “I can be that way sometimes, and I don’t mean it You really did stick your neck out for us I want you to know it’s appreciated”

I turned into hi it, my own arms slid around his body, hard and beautiful There was a level of intimacy between us that wasn’t there before, not even when he was inside of e of it

“Tell me how you were made,” I said

I expected to feel him stiffen, maybe even pull away Instead he only looked down at iant reached out with one hand and pinned a stray lock of hair over my ear