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“Coers worked their way into my hair “Please”

A shiver of pleasure ran down the back of my neck I wanted hiainst the way his body pressed against reed witha partner should do

But azed into his eyes We needed this I needed this

His lips h my veins and settled in my stomach like live coals My hands swept over his shoulders and settled on the back of his neck His hair brushed against ers, soft and dary for more The smell of the forest filled my nose Soft earth and wet pine needles He always smelled like that after a patrol

The tip of his tongue slipped intome dizzy His hand trailed down to my waist where he hooked his thu more than to rip them off of me The idea sent a thrill down my spine

I iined us, naked on the lawn as everyone started their day The idea was every bit as naughty as it was ridiculous Still, Gabe had that ithaway the tiniest bit He growled and pulled ue

At that moment, the skies opened up and rain poured down like aflashed out of the corner ofacross the western horizon Within seconds, ere soaked to the bone Gabe lifted his chin to the sky and laughed, raindrops trailing down his scruffy chin I blinked at hih the water that had settled on hter Only insane people would stand out in a storm like this and make out We had to be crazy

Being back together with Gabe was everything I wanted But I couldn’t r

eally be back with him Not yet Not until I’d proven myself worthy of the Nephilim and of their cause

My heart thu With Gabe’s hands in hthe last rays of light fro sun

“Coet out of here”

We raced across the lawn, leaping over puddles and laughing at our drenched clothes I wanted the innocence of this sweet moment to last forever But in the back of my mind, I knew that it couldn’t last

I’d have to lie to Gabe again Because tonight, I was going out there And this ti

Chapter Six

I pulled on ht Raquel sat rigid on her bed across from me Her eyes followed h, I leaned back on my bed and smiled at her