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Neither of us moved

We both see it over aze darted to his and I found it difficult to breathe The fluttering was back inthat threatened to pullrapidly beca that spread ers curled into his shirt What was I doing?

Luc ell, he was Luc He wasn’t even really human As I stared up at hi about the whole not-being-hu after the first time I’d seen him shirtless

I was that shallow

I fully accepted that

Whatever

But as I thinking?

I was thinking about stretching up on the tips ofabout And I didn’t want to think anymore--think about who I really was or all the lies that now made up my life

I just wanted to feel--feel what I never did when I ith Brandon I just wanted to feel--feel real Like I was a person who existed and who had a past and a future

Luc’s eyes flared a sudden deep and stunning violet His gaze lowered to o of my hand and stepped back, but for once I was quicker than him I stretched up and slid ht my mouth to his

I kissed Luc

The first touch of our lips was like hitting a live wire Little darts of pleasure shot through led from the contact and my skin flushed, and Luche just stood there, as still as a statue

He wasn’t kissing

Oh holy Lord, as I doing? I was kissing Luc, and he wasn’t even touchingon to him like a feral octopus

I needed help

Serious help

I let go and rocked back a step and then two My legs bu heat--suffocated me while Luc stared at ood chance that I had

I totally had

His chest rose and fell sharply

Mortification overcame me, and words stammered out "I sh-shouldn’t have done that I don’t even knohy I did So let’s pretend it never happened? Maybe it didn’t? Maybe this is a weird dream, and we’ll--"

Luc closed the small distance between us in less than a heartbeat One arhup in the strands

His ht’ve stopped breathing He pulled ainst him until only the tips ofparts were nearly lined up, chest to chest, hip to hip

Luc kissed me--kissed me as a deep sound rumbled from the back of his throat The little shivers of pleasure intensified My brain completely shut down as ainstinto his arms and then in his soft, silky hair The kiss deepened as the tip of his tongue toucheda wave of ht the overhead light flipped on and then turned back off, but I wasn’t sure and I didn’t care Not when his hands gripped my hips and he liftedwas so overrated

His kisses were devouring and he kissed as if at any given second we’d be ripped apart and he wasthe most of those precious seconds But then Luc moved, and I didn’t even knoe ended up on the bed, but ere falling, topping backward My back came flush with the bed, and my eyes flew open

His eyes