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I hadn’t wanted to touch him anymore Part of me hadn’t even wanted him to stay But the second he’d tried to physically withdraw froed hiainst me I hadn’t been able to force ers link with ainst his chest He’d fallen asleep minutes later and I’d done exactly what I’d told myself I wouldn’t I’d touched him

Endlessly

With my lips, with our joined hands, with e to constantly feel his warm, soft skin – to prove to myself he was really there

And I’d obsessed over the fact that part of ered deep inside Eli’s body That I’d become a part of him that he could never escape

Not once had I ever fucked a man without a condom

Not once

The implications were almost too much for ht to see Eli standing on the other side, his expression pained and desperate and a reflection of what I’d been struggling with myself in the three days since I’d last seen him, I’d pretended all the reasons I should send hi when I’d told Eli that I’d tried to leave Seattle The second I’d gotten on h me But it had only lasted mere minutes and as I’d put the city skyline behind un to build and build until I could focus on nothing but the need to get back to Eli I’d purposefully not checked in with Ronan about atching Eli and if they’d seen anything suspicious And when Daisy had called ress she wasup Caleb’s voice up on her before she could question me I’d both dreaded and hoped that Eli would reach out to ht back on the reservation with ain a confused, lonely, desperate kid trying to figure out how toother than disdain in his eyes

I felt Eli’s fingers begin trailing back and forth along ers stopped on the abrasion on my forearm and I felt his head tilt so he could look at the place where his teeth hadEli a few short hours ago There was just no way else to describe it Feeling the heat of his welco e that I’d be branding hifrom him as I’d made our bodies one Every touch, every whispered plea…I’d been desperate toback froether And then I’d filled hih

Eli gently caressed the abrasion for afree of my hold I released him and expected him to look at e of the bed and stared out thefor a long ti up I couldn’t take my eyes from his beautiful body as he walked to theand pushed back the curtains enough to look outside He stood there for a while before taking a deep breath and turning back in my direction His eyes connected with ut as I watched hiin to collect his clothes Once he was fully dressed, I waited for hi to even say goodbye as he left, but as much as I wanted to curl up on o, I forcedat him

No way in hell was I going to let hi torn apart

But once Eli had dragged his socks on, he didn’t reach for his shoes Instead he kept his gaze on me as he walked to my side of the bed and sat down I held ers across my cheek Then he leaned down and brushed his mouth over mine in a chaste kiss