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She turned, and her robe had fallen open Intentionally so, of course I could see her skin beneath, all creamy and smooth and scented with oils I could make out the sensual curve of her neck Her alabaster breasts, set above the flat of her taut stomach

And below that: the well-kept thatch of soft red hair Fors met…

A thought occurred tomy heart into my throat But when I reached up to check, it was there My totely around my neck

“I didn’t take it,” she said, stepping closer “Not this time”

I was otherwise naked Naked except for a thin pair of silken boxers I couldn’t re them in Paris, or if they’d come from somewhere else

“I could’ve though,” she toldI wanted…”

Warning lights flashed in er, even as she shrugged the robe from her shoulders and let it fall to the floor

“What do you want Karessa?”

She hooked one finger into the corner of her mouth “Want?”

I gulped hard She looked pretty da Even better than before we’d left

Lack of sleep Not eating Not leaving the citadel…

No-so-foreign thoughts floated into s Connections

Missing you…

They were fact

“What ?” Karessa asked