the wall hard, bu

e, he didn't hold back. There was no gentlene

, she wa

rs dragged across his chest, feeling muscle beneath fabric, the ragged breath he t

't the only

rage and grief unraveled in his touch, dissolving into som

just long enough

e of her jaw, down her thro

mured. "Like something I should d

neath her tunic, sli

they curled around

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didn't

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her skin. "They

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ou

she weighed nothing. Her tunic fell open beneath his gr

e he laid

fro

dows re

ck like somethin

spered. "Not

rising and falli

s now. His eyes glo

thick with shame. "When I want something to

s seemed

r thic

ath, shaking his head. "

e between them. Her hand touc

whispered. "Don't cage you

er like she wa

d lose

ose it

kiss that followed was deeper. Warmer. His hands l

der the surface, t

ners. From beneath the be

did not t

ime in a century, Kael

embered what it meant t