around her waist, pulling her closer.

dreaming?" h

e herself time t

rous and thinking

right now woul

he repeated, more

head dropping briefly

He mumbled, the wo

ned slightly. He's c

point speaking to him in this state, sh

ing towards her own pri

imself to breathe as if regaining

... the

ightly as his head t

12.

in the air like som

ered, "You were eighteen...and I was

r second as she shifted her weight slightly, keeping Silas steady against her as she reached for the k

der, guiding Silas inside before

rything in its place. It felt like him, sme

steps in before his w

il

ing weakly around her waist as if she w

d, his voice barely t

d, dangerous and she ignored it as

him towards the bed, her pheromones barely anchoring her strength as it seemed to be draining out o

it the mattress, he exhaled sharply, as the contact grounded him, i

lmost immediately, a low, strained sound slipping

reathed. "It'

Her own breath hitching...she could feel the pull in betwe

himself like he was trying to escape his own skin. His bow tie came loose,

er short hair, trying to think past the scent that was still wrappi

cu

as she looked back at him. She proceeded towards his draw

il

ot som

g her again. Locking onto her l

re..." he

save them both from something that's about to happen if not curbed. Her

her, "Listen to me," she said, her voice dropping, more controlled now. "You need to

did it last time, make it go away..." He said, while her eyes trailed the line on his n

ether sharply, her

but his hand whipped forward and gripped hers, pulling her tow

seiz

afraid she would disappear if he let go. The heat coming off his bo

thed, her name rou

w his body reacted to her. Like she was the

lenched,

ge. Worse, she wa

hick and volatile, feeding off each other in a way tha

eral, aggressive, fighting to take o

e could feel herself slipping. Melting

eath h

d physically throw the feeling off, and grabbed

peated, more for

inutes ago, didn't move, even an in

something unsettled

tightening as she pulled harder, her st

before his lips