I Am The Luna

Chapter 0231

“Baby, what is it?” she asks softly.

“Nothing, relax. Why are you so worried?” I ask, reaching up and brushing the wet locks of her hair back. She’s wearing the shirt I had discarded not long ago.

Her eyes flutter shut as I run my fingers down her neck. Her face is make–up–free,

and she looks breathtaking. She’s a beauty…

I caress her cheeks, admiring her dusting of freckles.

She opens her eyes, and they are glistening with tears.

“I don’t know… I’m scared.” She whispers, her voice shaky. “You’re scaring me.”

She looks into my eyes, and I wonder if deep down she knows…

“I don’t mean to,” I reply quietly, clenching my jaw as I try to push away my emotions

that are threatening to drown me.

“We’re going to get through this, all of this. Together. We are going to find Gerard, and we are going to defeat the Sable. Together,” she reassures me, but I wonder if

she’s reassuring herself as well.

Together…

“Promise me,” she whispers, an underlying urgency in her tone.

I cup her face, unable to reply to her.

How many more lies will I tell her? How many promises will I break? Our hearts are thumping violently before I claim her lips in a deep, passionate kiss, sending rivets

of pleasure through us.”

One fuelled by a thousand emotions that are stronger than the most powerful of

storms.

softly against my lips, kissing me back with equal intensity as her

I’m sorry.

as I kiss her harder, never wanting to

You deserved better.

cherishing the taste of her lips, the sweetness

mouth.

love you and I always will.

you will never change…

arms around her, and she grips onto me equally hard. Our bodies

has

fucking rhythm that

gripping the back of her neck and hair as I kiss her like it’s

I know it

it… our

when she gasps for air and I’m breathing heavily, too.

to be a long day tomorrow.” I say quietly, brushing my

her plump lips.

to go

nod, “And I plan to leave extremely early. There are a few things that I want to check with the security

words somehow comforting her.

sounds like a plan.”

careful when you get to your dad’s

no one.”

going to head out early, too.”

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one another. I slip my arm

I’ll cover more

put more distance between

even

“Sounds good.”

my arms around her tightly, burying my head into her neck.

tenderly.