Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Kassing him. Feeling him. Cradling him to her. Keeping him safe. Safe and loved.

And oh, how Katrina wanted to say that to him. How she wanted to tell him just how deeply, how impossibly she felt for him.

But somewhere in the recesses of her bliss filled mind, she knew that would be too much tonight. She knew several barriers had already been broken, several walls had been shattered. She knew she had gotten through enuntless tactical defenses that resided in Rylan's mind, and she couldn't push it Couldn't push him to be more vulnerable or-

"L.. You mean everything to me. Kate." It was Kylan who spoke first. Rylan who broke the sounds of her panting together, coming down from her highs.

She smiled at him, completely exhausted and spent, but happy. "You mean everything to me too, Kylan." She kissed his forehead once before withdrawing from his lap, already missing the feeling of him inside her.

Kylan rolled over and stumbled to his bathroom, coming back with a few towels to help clean t

clean the pair of them up

Together, she worked in silence to right his bed and fluff his mangled pillows. She pulled her pajamas, or really I Kylan's p

s pajamas, over her body. And then she sat down on Kylan's bed, and he sat next to her. She hesitated for a second, but then she reached for his hand and took hold of his fingers.

check in with Kylan. The last thing she wanted, was for

her breath caught in her throat when she realized he was

but a puddle of feelings so

still sounded a bit awkward with his words, his confession, but it meant everything to her. Together, they fixed themselves beneath his duvet and settled so they were snuggled close together, their arms draped around each other Her fingers absently traced over the lines of his cardinal tattoo, her eyes scanning his profile as

tattoo," she whispered into the quiet of

smiled at him sofily. "Maybe a robin. A small one. Somewhere only I'll see it and. And you." Despite all she had done with Kylan tonight, her face still flushed warm at the

fact, and she nodded in agreement,

me know you like. Like this." She pressed her face to the crook of

into the waiting blanket of sleep. Just before she was lost to the

"I love you, Kate."

and she wasn't certain she had heard them correctly at all through her sleep filled

The best dream.

pull her fully under, her arms securely around the man that was never meant to be the

breakfast be made. She was mid bite of avocado toast when the paused and looked at Kylan. He was eating his own food glasses still perched on his nose,

have felt her staring, because he also stilled, his teacup halfway to his lips. "What?"

wondering if she should draw attention to her thoughts. "You just... You didn't have a

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was timid, her eyes downcast on

the drink of his tea now. "Truthfully, my nightmares have been shit before last night, ever since I started therapy." He wasn' looking at her,

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