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Cage
Running my hands over her soft breasts, I sigh.
“What’s that for?” She whispers, smiling.
“I’m just so happy,” I tell her.
Honesty.
It’s the first time I’ve ever shared it with a woman.
Ever.
Even my own mother has never heard me tell the truth. I’ve just never been that interested in letting people get to know me. Sharing personal information tends to have bad results, especially if you’re a guy like me.
Especially if you have a criminal for a dad.
Alicia doesn’t care about any of that, though. She’s never cared. She’s always just been...mine.
For the longest time, she was my friend. Tonight, she’ll become my lover. Tomorrow...well, tomorrow, she’ll just be a memory, but she doesn’t know that yet.
I want to have this one perfect night with her.
To remember.
I want to give her this one gift.
Oh, I’m more than aware of my reputation as the local bad boy. Of course, I’ve got that reputation. With a father like mine? It’s no wonder that I’m not already locked up behind bars, but that doesn’t bother Alicia.
“Cage?” She whispers. “I’m happy, too.”
The backseat of the car is cramped and tight, but neither one of us really minds. Not tonight. It’s the first time we’ve worked up the nerve to go all the way, and neither one of us is backing out.
I kiss her, silencing her with my mouth. Our lips hold so many promises I wish I could keep.
There’s passion and yearning and hunger here, but right now, all I want is her body writhing beneath mine. I want to make her come, and I want to feel her shaking beneath me.
We’re sitting up, kissing, teasing each other. Her shirt is...somewhere. I don’t even know where her bra is. She reaches for me and starts pulling off my own clothes.
I close my eyes, and I breathe her in.
She’s so perfect.
Everything about her just gets me.
My inner-bear is growling, begging me to claim her as my mate. If I were the type of guy to believe in mates, then I’d do it right here and now. I’d mark her as my own and make her promise not to love anyone else but me. I’d tell her that one day, I’ll come back for her. I’d do so many things.
But I don’t believe in mates.
I don’t believe in any of that.
Someone like me doesn’t get to have a happy fairytale ending with a fated mate and true love and an eternal com
mitment.
Nope.
But I do have tonight.
And I intend to make it count.
I reach for Alicia, and I pull her close. I kiss her, I touch her, and I whisper sweet nothings in her ears. The windows of the car fogged long-ago, and now it’s just the two of us.
“Cage,” she whispers. “I love you.”
It’s my first time.
It’s my first time making love to a girl.
It’s my first time making a promise I can’t keep.
It’s my first time for everything.
The people of Storm Haven think I’m something of a floozy, but the truth is that I’ve been obsessed with Alicia for a long time. For some reason, I’ve never been able to imagine myself with anyone but her, and so tonight is the very first time I’ve ever truly let loose.
And tonight is the night when our relationship ends.
