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"But you’re not anymore" He chuckled softly "I wouldn’t say that Let’s just say, I want to connect with you and I know I belong fighting beside the Warriors of the Blood No question

But it’s you, Vela, you’re the why of thisso invasive as the breh-hedden"

"I feel exactly the same way"

"I know God, I’m so sorry you had to be in that cell"

"I’ot us?" He watched tears fill her eyes and love suddenly flowed like a powerful force through his body, a rush of heat, affection, and desire co He drove his tongue into her, tasting her, savoring the feel of her in his arms Never in a thousand years would he have believed that so like this, so full of passion, sex, and love would have descended on his life

He was amazed "Let me take you to bed" She nodded

He slid an arht of her hair and using his free ar her ed to him and more of that warm affection flowed

He moved out of the atrium and down the stone path that led to his bedroo care that he didn’t bump her head or crush her foot

As he carried her across the threshold, she gave a soft cry "Look at that view" Scattered lights twinkled in a long vista north to south

"That’s why I chose this site" His bedroohbors, just a view of distant lights, and various hills creating a soft dark skyline against a panorama of stars

He turned her in the direction of hisbed," she said, laughter in her voice, a sound he’d come to love Vela had a basic love of life

"What can I say? I like rooht his face in her hand "And you won’tup so and a softup that spacein the world I love you There I’ve said it I love you, Vela"

"I love you, too I honestly didn’t think I’d have love again, ever My life had closed down to this small little box that I’d crawled into when Jeff died And now you’re here, this tremendous miracle in my life"

"This is a miracle, isn’t it?" She nodded, then leaned in to kiss hi of vows spoken, of desire and need, of hearts reaching and joining

When he drew back, he said, "I will always love you, Vela, and be so grateful that you came into my life and that you didn’t hold back when all this happened between us You could have, but you didn’t"

"I feel exactly the sarateful" He set her down on the bed, her light floral scent teasing hi hied to just a handful of ascenders

The breh-hedden

When she stretched out on her back, he leaned down, planting his hands on the bed, on either side of her, and kissed her, a soft pushing at her lips, is

When her lips parted and his tongue slid into her roaned Her scent now suffused the air; the breh-hedden at its best

He sighed as he drew back "I feel as though I’ve known you all e is that?"

"Very, but I feel the saether in the past two days" She chuckled softly

"Maybe several lifetiht" She reached up and slid her hands into his hair, pulling it forward over his shoulders "I love your hair" She leaned close and sniffed "It sether"

"M--" He sniffed then shook his head "I know your fragrance, but I still can’t place it Maybe one day I’ll figure it out, but it’s very light and floral Seductive" She leaned up and kissed him Your scent heatsher closer, savoring the feel of her against hiot rid of his weapons harness, which pro murmur froaze, a hand on his chest "I think I should tell you flat out that I’ the breh-hedden I mean, I want to I really do I don’t have any doubts, I’ine what it will be like, but did you see Leto and Grace earlier?" He chuckled softly, kissing her neck

"He wanted her home in bed"

"I know And now here we are" Samuel could sense her fears, but they felt nored-up state But he thought he kne to get things ht direction

While she lay on her back, he started unbuttoning her blouse, and each time he did, he dipped down and kissed her chest, lower each tiue slid between the beautiful line of her cleavage

Her hands worked his hair and slid over his back

He plunged his tongue in and out until she panted and pressed against hiet worked up with you I have your scent in ht into my brain and makesto ply his tongue between her breasts At the same time, he worked the rest of the buttons loose and shoved her blouse away

He drew back just enough to have a good look Vela had beautiful breasts, very round and full He put his hand on her bra and folded it away