All Chapters of SUBMISSION 101: Chapter 31 - Chapter 35

My hands search his face before snaking through his loose raven locks and yanking. He groans at the pain, but the way he shudders against me tells me everything I need to know. Hunger. Delight. More.His lips leave mine, leaving me desperate for their return.Tenderlessly, he kicks my feet apart, forcing my legs wider. The agony dissipates when I feel his lips at my neck. His hands snake over my middle as he works his way downward before sinking to his knees. His hands rake up my thighs, the hem of my skirt lifting under his touch, exposing nearly the whole length of my legs. His eyes flicker up to meet mine and in a moment of dark realization, I stop breathing altogether.All I can do is brace myself against the steady wood of the door behind me. Because Harlan begins kissing my thigh, his head dipping underneath my skirt. And I'm gone.His kiss is tender. I roll my head against the back of the door, savouring the touch I'd been craving for hours but desperate for r

I ‘m dreaming when he wakes me up.The touch of his fingers against my cheek pulls me straight out of a deep, vision-filled sleep and back into reality. The image had just been there, whatever scene in my imagination just having been playing fresh in my mind moments before, like a TV that had just been shut off. Except I can't remember exactly what I saw.I know Harlan is there. He always is. And I remember happiness. Warmth. I remember speaking with him, but whatever words were shared are long gone, floating further and further away as I try to grasp my memory with invisible fingers, watching it slip through until it is gone.My eyes open into thin slits, squinting as I try to adjust them to the low light. A hand presses to my cheek.It is Harlan. He is everywhere: there in my dreams, and again there next to me in real life, when he pulls me out of them and back to earth. He hovers above me, propped on his elbow, giving me light strokes until I am finally awake and