and foreign, they defied explanation.
She looked forward to seeing him with an eagerness that bordered on obsession. So much so that the few hours she spent away from him felt like a cold and cruel eternity. All she could think about was the moment when the sun would rise and she could hurry over to Reach, where she would find Adrian waiting for her.
Walking away from him grew harder and harder each day. She’d been tempted to bring him home with her tonight, to invite him into her bed, where she could show him just how much he’d come to mean to her. But she couldn’t. Couldn’t allow Adrian to love her, not matter how desperately she wanted him to. If she did, she’d only end up breaking his heart.
For the first time in her life, Angie cursed her situation. Why couldn’t she be like everyone else? Why was she condemned to always live in the moment? Why couldn’t she forge dreams like the rest of the world?
She’d been fine, damn it. She’d accepted the hand fate had dealt her. She’d even made peace with it. Then Adrian had come along and ruined everything. Now thoughts of the tomorrow she wasn’t sure she had tormented her.
If only she shared her mother’s blind optimism. If only that creature’s prediction hadn’t burrowed deep within her, crushing her hope and infecting her spirit.
“She will not save you. Nothing can.”
No. Dragging Adrian into the mess that was her life would be cruel, utterly selfish. Still, what she would give for a single night in his muscular arms…
The thought had barely formed when she felt his heat embrace her. She lay in an empty bed, alone with her heavy musings and foolish fantasies, absolutely convinced he was here with her. The very air smelled of him. A strange sensation traveled over her flesh, a hot, feathering caress. Like magic, her body came alive, coaxed by the skillful strokes of invisible fingers.
“ Let me love you, Angie.”
She could’ve sworn she heard his voice in her head. She willed herself to get up, to search the room for him, but her body didn’t obey her command. It grew boneless, hot and languid. A drugging haze swept through her, immobilizing her.
Then she began feeling things she’d never imagined it was possible to feel. Fire swept through her blood, made her heart race and insistent need coil between her legs. Her breasts grew heavy, her nipples puckering, throbbing for the attention of her ghost lover’s touch. Her skin became so sensitive, she ached all over.
“ You’re so beautiful. I wish I could touch you.”
“You are touching me.” Now she was really losing it. She was actually talking to a figment of her imagination.
Even more insane was that he answered. “Only with my mind.”
The sensations amplified, blasting every last thought from her head. She could feel his hands on her flesh, sliding between her thighs, gliding over her abdomen, closing over her breasts…
Angie moaned, her body twisting until it became entangled in the sheets. “What are you doing to me?”
“Loving you.”
Sweat sprang from her pores as the flames consumed her. Whatever spell he’d cast over her filled her with the most wanton lust. She was burning from the inside out, all her deepest fantasies rising up to swallow her. She pressed her thighs together, but that only made her ache more.
Desperation squeezed her gut. “Please.” She wasn’t sure if she was begging him to stop or to take her over completely.
Arching her back, she searched for a satisfaction that hovered just beyond her reach. She gripped the smooth satin sheets, struggling to anchor herself in reality before the wild current of need carried her away.
“ Let go, Angie.” Adrian’s voice glided through her mind like warm honey. “Stop fighting it. Surrender yourself to me.”
A shuddering breath shook her chest. God, how she wanted to. She wanted to lose herself in him, to give in to her wildest desires, to forget tomorrow and the uncertainty that plagued her.
She looked forward to seeing him with an eagerness that bordered on obsession. So much so that the few hours she spent away from him felt like a cold and cruel eternity. All she could think about was the moment when the sun would rise and she could hurry over to Reach, where she would find Adrian waiting for her.
Walking away from him grew harder and harder each day. She’d been tempted to bring him home with her tonight, to invite him into her bed, where she could show him just how much he’d come to mean to her. But she couldn’t. Couldn’t allow Adrian to love her, not matter how desperately she wanted him to. If she did, she’d only end up breaking his heart.
For the first time in her life, Angie cursed her situation. Why couldn’t she be like everyone else? Why was she condemned to always live in the moment? Why couldn’t she forge dreams like the rest of the world?
She’d been fine, damn it. She’d accepted the hand fate had dealt her. She’d even made peace with it. Then Adrian had come along and ruined everything. Now thoughts of the tomorrow she wasn’t sure she had tormented her.
If only she shared her mother’s blind optimism. If only that creature’s prediction hadn’t burrowed deep within her, crushing her hope and infecting her spirit.
“She will not save you. Nothing can.”
No. Dragging Adrian into the mess that was her life would be cruel, utterly selfish. Still, what she would give for a single night in his muscular arms…
The thought had barely formed when she felt his heat embrace her. She lay in an empty bed, alone with her heavy musings and foolish fantasies, absolutely convinced he was here with her. The very air smelled of him. A strange sensation traveled over her flesh, a hot, feathering caress. Like magic, her body came alive, coaxed by the skillful strokes of invisible fingers.
“ Let me love you, Angie.”
She could’ve sworn she heard his voice in her head. She willed herself to get up, to search the room for him, but her body didn’t obey her command. It grew boneless, hot and languid. A drugging haze swept through her, immobilizing her.
Then she began feeling things she’d never imagined it was possible to feel. Fire swept through her blood, made her heart race and insistent need coil between her legs. Her breasts grew heavy, her nipples puckering, throbbing for the attention of her ghost lover’s touch. Her skin became so sensitive, she ached all over.
“ You’re so beautiful. I wish I could touch you.”
“You are touching me.” Now she was really losing it. She was actually talking to a figment of her imagination.
Even more insane was that he answered. “Only with my mind.”
The sensations amplified, blasting every last thought from her head. She could feel his hands on her flesh, sliding between her thighs, gliding over her abdomen, closing over her breasts…
Angie moaned, her body twisting until it became entangled in the sheets. “What are you doing to me?”
“Loving you.”
Sweat sprang from her pores as the flames consumed her. Whatever spell he’d cast over her filled her with the most wanton lust. She was burning from the inside out, all her deepest fantasies rising up to swallow her. She pressed her thighs together, but that only made her ache more.
Desperation squeezed her gut. “Please.” She wasn’t sure if she was begging him to stop or to take her over completely.
Arching her back, she searched for a satisfaction that hovered just beyond her reach. She gripped the smooth satin sheets, struggling to anchor herself in reality before the wild current of need carried her away.
“ Let go, Angie.” Adrian’s voice glided through her mind like warm honey. “Stop fighting it. Surrender yourself to me.”
A shuddering breath shook her chest. God, how she wanted to. She wanted to lose herself in him, to give in to her wildest desires, to forget tomorrow and the uncertainty that plagued her.
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