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I need you, Paige.
No. He needed to stay in control. He gritted his teeth against the call of her soul, yearning for him, felt his
own ache for completeness. His soul began to respond, and he instantly felt a darkness rise in her.
Jed There was a slight rise to her voice, as her hips slowed.
Don t worry. I ve got it under control. He cupped her breasts and flicked his thumb over her nipples.
Let it go.
Jed . . . There was such relief in her voice, and he felt her body commit, felt her trust as she did exactly
as he said and dropped all her guards and opened herself to the moment, to every sensation, to the feel
of his body driving deep into hers.
He groaned and lifted his hips, moving with her, rising to meet her with each move of her pelvis, fighting
against his need to commit with his soul and his heart and his spirit. He closed his eyes against the urge
building in him, not physically, but spiritually, needing her, needing the completion of the merge unlike he
ever had before.
Paige began to move faster, and there were trickles of sweat on her chest, sliding down her stomach.
Jed
I m with you. I m right here
And then her body tensed, and her muscles clenched around him and the force of her orgasm slammed
into his gut, into his soul, and he felt his own body respond, catapulting over the edge. Darkness rose
around them, and he knew he was about to merge with her.
I can t do this to her.He threw all his energy into his shields and pulled himself out of his body. Not
quite into shadow form, but close. He pulled his spirit into a protective shell as his physical body
exploded with the force of the orgasm, driving into Paige as she clung to him. But it wasn t real to him. It
was a distant echo, kept from his senses by the shields he had erected. He was there, but not there. Not
at all, and it was breaking him.God, I wantto be in this moment.
But he held back. Had to hold back.
He could feel the sensations pressing at him, but they couldn t reach him. His heart ached as he felt her
soul reaching for him, crying for completion, but he didn t release his shields. The tremors subsided from
their bodies, and he gradually allowed himself to reenter himself, drinking in the residual tremors of the
moment, opening himself up to what was left between them, desperate to feel what he d removed himself
from.
Paige slumped onto his chest and kissed his collarbone. You left.
He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, pressing his face into her hair. I had to.
It felt different when you left. Empty. Lonely.
He cursed. I m sorry. I wanted it to be perfect
Oh, it was. She lifted her head to look at him. It was. When you were there, I felt . . . She trailed her
finger over the stubble in his chin. I felt complete for the first time in my life. She frowned. It wasn t
just sex, was it? It was more. Or it was until you left.
He kissed her softly. Yeah, it was.
She cocked her head to look at him. Did you . . . were you able to . . . did you stay long enough?
I stayed long enough. Long enough to know that he d never, ever wanted to leave.
She narrowed her eyes. You didn t, did you?
He sighed and smoothed her hair back from her face. I stayed as long as I could. Any longer, and
you d be a wraith. He studied her face. I m sorry I ruined it by leaving. I wanted it to be so amazing
It was amazing. Her eyes were bright, and he sensed her honesty. It was just that when you were
there, it was so much more than amazing. So, when you left, I felt it.
He frowned, and trailed his fingers through the rivulets of sweat on her chest, humbled by the fact she d
trusted him with her life.
She snuggled against him. You know, I was thinking about what I almost said earlier, that I loved you?
His breath caught in his chest. Yeah?
Well, I was thinking that I was wrong.
He closed his eyes against an unexpected wave of pain. You don t love me?
Well, yes and no. She propped her elbows up on his chest, and he opened his eyes to see her staring
down at him. See, I love you . . .
Something blossomed in his chest, something he didn t recognize.
. . . but it s like how I love Becca. It s love, but it s not Love.
The light died and he frowned. You mean, you love me like a friend?
Oh, no. She grinned. I love you like a hot manly man who makes my womanly parts soar.
He heard the unspoken hesitation. But . . . ?
But I was thinking that I love you, but if it comes down to tomorrow night, and you re trying to convert
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