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Chapter Thirty: Dane
I’m not sure why, but it seemed we had little to say to each other after we had sex together.
We stood quietly for a while, among the trees in the afterglow, catching our breaths after the experience of making love.
It had been magnificent for both of us.
I’d held back long enough for her to climax, and then I’d released, pounding into her and shuddering with ecstasy.
Now we stood together, still pressed against the tree, both panting a bit from the exquisite delight of the experience. A light breeze stirred the night air, blowing the pleasant and clean scent of pine trees in our direction, as owls and other nightbirds called out in the woods—perhaps because they sensed a wolf was nearby.
I kissed the top of Adara’s head. Then I pulled away and dressed, quickly pulling on my trousers.
She, meanwhile, was trying to arrange her clothes, and doing a poor job of it. I managed to keep from laughing, and I moved to he
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