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Because he watched every single one

"Where are the houseguests?" I asked

"Kaleb and Lily went to find Michael and Eht home They’re all back Probably asleep"

"I don’t re took us over Not only did you stop your possessions, you got us out, too"

"How?" I asked

"I hoped you’d remember Poe saved Em and Michael from a rip world once, but it was a totally different situation" His lips touched mine, and he smiled with his eyes "You saved our lives"

I climbed on top of hies of some of the people who’d possessed me flickered in my subconscious, but I didn’t want to recall any of it

"You cried in your sleep I couldn’t decide whether or not to wake you up"

"Bad dreaht I was possessed in the ballroo I saw in that alley tonight was terrible, depraved in some way I don’t want the memories, but I have them"

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not now" Maybe never

"Whatever you need, I’ht "Into kill you!"

"No, he’s not Carl is heading up security tonight, and after I told him what happened, he didn’t want you left alone any more than I did I put the security feed on a loop, just for tonight We’re safe"

"Look at you, taking care of me" I wanted to touch his skin, not the cotton of his T-shirt I pulled it over his head and was almost disappointed when I didn’t see more tattoos than the one on his shoulder Then I ran my hands over his chest, and all disappoint S I let ertips absorb the warhtmares

"Tell me about your tattoo You said you wanted to keep these memories for life"

He explained the different parts as I traced over them "The swirls stand for past, present, and future"

"Is that a turtle?" I would’ve expected a sea aniave"They have reratory patterns They always return home"

I leaned over to place a kiss in the center of the turtle’s shell "And the word aiga?"

"It means ‘family’ The ten stars represent everyone I’ve lost, and the moon is for my father"

I hoped he didn’t have to add any ht on a sob, but I stopped myself before it broke

"Hey" He liftedto lose you"

"You saved me in that alley; you didn’t leave You or your friends" I couldn’t iine what I would do if Dune weren’t part of ave me a reason to hold on"

As if he heard the words I couldn’t utter, he said, "I’ anywhere Not without you"

I moved to the skin over his heart, placed a kiss there "I don’t want that, either Not ever"

"Hallie" He spokeme Raw, unmasked All that control conquered Finally

"Dune," I whispered back