know?” Leigh glanced away from him for a moment and then met his gaze once more.
“I’ll tell you in the morning. All of it. I swear. It just makes sense to tell all three of you at once.” Leigh fidgeted slightly on the couch. “I do want to tell you, Dylan: I’m not… I’m not against you.”
“I had figured that much,” Dylan said, smiling slightly.
“No, I mean, seriously. I was sent as a spy to the wedding, but I’m not against you, your brother, or Aira.” She looked at her hands and chewed her bottom lip in the first real sign of worry that Dylan had seen on her. “I really… if I hadn’t been taken hostage… I would have offered my services to you three.”
“You feel responsible?” Dylan could feel the guilt that was rising up in her. He realized with a shock that he was attuned to Leigh’s energy—in the same way that he was attuned to Aira or to his own brother.
“My cousin was involved. My parents…” she sighed. “They haven’t exactly condemned him, or my other cousins who are in league with that group. I’ll tell you more tomorrow.” Leigh shook her head. After a moment she smiled slowly. “You’ve kissed me twice.”
“I should probably apologize, at least for the second kiss.”
Leigh shook her head.
“You… you realize what happened back there, right?”
Dylan tilted his head to the side.
“What do you think happened?”
Leigh’s cheeks went pink and she glanced down at her hands and then met his gaze once more.
“I know what happened,” she said. The words began to tumble out of her quickly, and Dylan remembered how flustered he had been on the point of their first kiss. “You pulled the water energy out of me, and then we kept going. Our energies merged… we…” she pressed her lips together nervously. “We tuned into each other.”
Dylan nodded. He couldn’t exactly deny it.
“Do you want me to stay away from you?” he asked her. “I… I could do that, if you don’t want me too close.”
Leigh licked her lips.
“I actually wanted you to come closer.” Her cheeks lit up bright pink, her whole face flushing. Dylan stood up and took a step closer to the couch.
“Are you sure about this?” Dylan was only inches away from her; he could feel her energy, slowly building up from its low ebb earlier in the day. “You told me before to call you after all of it was settled.” Leigh smiled and spread her arms wide, silently beckoning him to her.
“Things have changed since then,” Leigh said.
Dylan wondered; but he couldn’t quite resist the call of her body. He closed the distance between them, sinking onto the couch with Leigh, feeling her energy boil up through her body and flow into him. He reciprocated with his own energy, letting it flow into her. The air temperature began to drop around them, and Dylan smiled against Leigh’s lips. Tomorrow would be the time for the difficult questions, tomorrow would be the time to find out just what Leigh knew about the group who had dedicated itself to bringing Aira down. For the time being, Dylan was content to feel the comfort of Leigh’s body against his, to acquaint himself more thoroughly with the intriguing, fascinating energy that flowed through her. He couldn’t stop himself even if it was a mistake. Dylan pressed his body against Leigh’s and tumbled into her, closing his eyes. He sank into her mind even as his hands moved to strip her clothes. For the first time in months, Dylan felt as though the lonely hunger inside of him might—for a while—be satisfied.
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“I’ll tell you in the morning. All of it. I swear. It just makes sense to tell all three of you at once.” Leigh fidgeted slightly on the couch. “I do want to tell you, Dylan: I’m not… I’m not against you.”
“I had figured that much,” Dylan said, smiling slightly.
“No, I mean, seriously. I was sent as a spy to the wedding, but I’m not against you, your brother, or Aira.” She looked at her hands and chewed her bottom lip in the first real sign of worry that Dylan had seen on her. “I really… if I hadn’t been taken hostage… I would have offered my services to you three.”
“You feel responsible?” Dylan could feel the guilt that was rising up in her. He realized with a shock that he was attuned to Leigh’s energy—in the same way that he was attuned to Aira or to his own brother.
“My cousin was involved. My parents…” she sighed. “They haven’t exactly condemned him, or my other cousins who are in league with that group. I’ll tell you more tomorrow.” Leigh shook her head. After a moment she smiled slowly. “You’ve kissed me twice.”
“I should probably apologize, at least for the second kiss.”
Leigh shook her head.
“You… you realize what happened back there, right?”
Dylan tilted his head to the side.
“What do you think happened?”
Leigh’s cheeks went pink and she glanced down at her hands and then met his gaze once more.
“I know what happened,” she said. The words began to tumble out of her quickly, and Dylan remembered how flustered he had been on the point of their first kiss. “You pulled the water energy out of me, and then we kept going. Our energies merged… we…” she pressed her lips together nervously. “We tuned into each other.”
Dylan nodded. He couldn’t exactly deny it.
“Do you want me to stay away from you?” he asked her. “I… I could do that, if you don’t want me too close.”
Leigh licked her lips.
“I actually wanted you to come closer.” Her cheeks lit up bright pink, her whole face flushing. Dylan stood up and took a step closer to the couch.
“Are you sure about this?” Dylan was only inches away from her; he could feel her energy, slowly building up from its low ebb earlier in the day. “You told me before to call you after all of it was settled.” Leigh smiled and spread her arms wide, silently beckoning him to her.
“Things have changed since then,” Leigh said.
Dylan wondered; but he couldn’t quite resist the call of her body. He closed the distance between them, sinking onto the couch with Leigh, feeling her energy boil up through her body and flow into him. He reciprocated with his own energy, letting it flow into her. The air temperature began to drop around them, and Dylan smiled against Leigh’s lips. Tomorrow would be the time for the difficult questions, tomorrow would be the time to find out just what Leigh knew about the group who had dedicated itself to bringing Aira down. For the time being, Dylan was content to feel the comfort of Leigh’s body against his, to acquaint himself more thoroughly with the intriguing, fascinating energy that flowed through her. He couldn’t stop himself even if it was a mistake. Dylan pressed his body against Leigh’s and tumbled into her, closing his eyes. He sank into her mind even as his hands moved to strip her clothes. For the first time in months, Dylan felt as though the lonely hunger inside of him might—for a while—be satisfied.
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