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Lady Harrow drew in a breath that trembled at the end. He had entered her. Blairβs pupils dilated. The amber specks on her green eyes danced like fire as she watched with bated breath while the manβs bare hips drove harder and harder in a furious rhythm.
That night, heβd wanted nothing more than for the two to become one. And could not bear the thought of a cold withdrawal after such an intimate act.
Even now, nearly half a year since he had left, Sorenβs heart throbbed with an exciting cadence when he thought about him or their act of intimacy.
She pulled out a cigarette, real tobacco, black market, cost her half a dayβs nonexistent pay. Lit it with the plasma lighter sheβd taken off a dead yΕkai seven years back. The smoke hit her lungs, harsh and real. Overhead, a drone drifted past trailing an advertisement for ClearLung. A thirty-day bioscrub, breathe like youβre twenty again. She held it there longer than she needed to.
She slowed; breath caught between heartbeats. She squinted into the dark. Alleys like this were not well-lit, darkness always lurking around the corners, where the lanternsβ light couldnβt quite reach.
Death is the only thing I feel. Any emotion that has ever flowed through me has never been my own. When I was young , they had wrongly diagnosed me with high functioning autism. My mother dedicated much of her time, uselessly , trying to teach me emotions. But I knew them.
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Appreciate you so much for making me a part of this list. Honored to be beside these names!
Thank you so much for linking to me MM! See you down by those ancient seas.