Page 35 of Into the Fire: After

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He didn’t say another word as we both chased euphoria; Lin finished first, gasping with the force of his orgasm while I hummed and trembled as I covered my hand with my own cum. Or as we lay down—Lin behind me, arms banded around my chest like a child grasping a teddy bear to ward away the monsters.

I didn’t think Lin had ever had an alphadrenaline episode before. In the bond, he was still all rough edges and turmoil. Raw in every sense.

“Can you really smell her?”

Silence answered me. Wrecked me.

His grip grew tighter.

Fourteen

Taryn

Knife

Sword

Scythe

Dagger

All of them

Cutting me

Inside, out

Outside, in

Unbearable

Can’t bear

Bear claw

Tearing

Ripping

Killing

Fuck me

Need fuck

Need cock

Knot

Not

Stop

Make stop

Please

Please

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