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Reaching out she took his hand, and nodded, "Let’s go"

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Eric took her to the street where she waited for hirinned Eric was straddling a h the rubble and stopped in front of her "Get on," he said Natalia realized she’d have to touch hiht She liked bikes, but Eric rabbed his waist and flung her leg over the back of the bike

"Where are we going?" she asked, tying her hair back so it wouldn’t blind her as they rode

"Beach"

She stopped, dropping her hands fro suit"

A rin spread across Eric’s face, "I know" With that he revved the engine, and Natalia pressed herself tightly to his back He handed her a pair of sunglasses and the two of theot froated the bike slowly at first, careful not to send the if he hit a hole, but once they were outside the city walls, he punched it and they flew

After the war, people realized that their only hope of survival was to band together Very few families still resided outside cities, in the unprotected countryside Natalia turned her face and pressed her cheek to Eric’s back, watching the abandoned landscape as it flew by Part of her was elated The other part was terrified

Eric could feel the pulsing fear h her body as Natalia held onto hiirl--a motorcycle--really? But she was spooked, he could feel her heart pounding inside of her little body Part of hiht there was more to her than that She didn’t even blush when he said it, which made hiin, and he believed her--and he didn’t care Eric kept telling himself that, but he couldn’t deny the way he felt when he ith her The thought worried him, but it was too late now The curse would destroy her if he didn’t end things first This was his s Ivy’s hand He’d enjoy his time with Natalia He’d let her see what he ho he was, and if she didn’t run screa stir deep inside of hiain allowing the wind to bloay his thoughts

Natalia felt the tension in Eric’s back When she pressed her face against his shoulders, she breathed his As she leaned against his back, she could feel the curves of his hard ers around his waist and relaxed as they drove, but Eric see the entire ti on in his head, though she wanted to

As they came up on the coast, there was a stretch of white sand and blue water that went on for miles Natalia loved the beach She loved the sound of the waves beating the sand, and the scent of the sea When Eric stopped the bike, she practically jumped off Her hair indblown so badly that it looked like sohed

Natalia punched hihtly, and then promptly smoothed her wild pony tail with a wicked smile on her lips "Your hair looks kind of nuts too, but you don’t see "

He looked at her frolasses as they walked toward the water, "But, you’re laughing on the inside And that totally counts" The pain that nor else, so, and he knehy It was Natalia There was sos didn’t have to end After all this time, maybe he found someone, but it didn’t one, without a trace Natalia would go looking for him one day, but he will have vanished without a trace Eric pressed his palirl as she ran in front of hi for the waves She didn’t stop when she reached theht into the water and started splashing like she was a Labrador Eric sat on a sand dune a few feet away The way sheto contain herself The girl was larger than life, just bri with vibrancy And Eric would fuck it all up and end her life sooner than she knew if he didn’t go through with his plans The passion that burned in her eyes would be snuffed out His eyes tracked her as she ran down the beach and back again She’d tied off the tee shirt under the curve of her breasts, showing off her narroaist Her dark shorts were rolled up as high as she could get thehed