~CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY~ A slow, understanding smile touches his lips. He hears the promise in it, the reclamation. His hand, which has been stroking my hair, slides down my arm, leaving a trail of sparks. Then it moves to the hem of my nightie, slipping beneath the delicate fabric. His touch on the bare skin of my thigh is electric, a shiver that starts deep in my core and radiates outwards. It is an ache, a delicious, hollow yearning that demands to be filled, over and over. He kisses me then, and this kiss is different. It is a seal on a pact. It is deep, claiming, yet infinitely tender, a silent vow that he understands the shadows but is choosing my light. As his tongue explores my mouth, his hand journeys higher, over the curve of my hip, until his fingers brush against the damp silk of my panties. A soft, involuntary sound escapes me into his mouth. He touches me there, through the fabric, a precise, circling pressure that makes my hips jerk. Then, without
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