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We curse and I struggle to seize a kiss from how eagerly she dips and rises and I cup her neck, forcing my tongue into her mouth. She drives me slowly now, her hips moving in soft waves and I rasp how much I love her.
“But it’s wrong,” she whispers back but her hips won’t stop moving like she can’t help it and she tilts her head to the side. “Isn’t it?”
Her body says differently and when she whispers she loves me back, I know her heart feels the same.
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She’s still a little shaken when get we back out into the living room but throws me a grateful smile when I grab the duvet from the bed, wrap her up and pull her down on the couch.
“Anything you want to tell me?” I rasp and she bites her lip, whispering,
“Already did that, Phantom.”
She’s Gael’s daughter. I stroke Skyla’s hair away from her face and now I see the similarities. They’re there but they’re subtle, making it easier to understand how I missed them. Grabbing some pillows, I arrange them so she’ll be comfortable and then I say,
“I need to know everything.”
“Remember the clothes I came in after I saved you/you saved me?”
I give a curt nod. “The rags.”
“Oh come on, were they really that bad?” she breathes and I gently remind her to stay on topic. Wringing her hands, she adds, “There was a photo in the pocket of my jacket. First I didn’t think anything of it but then I slowly realized the boy on the picture is you.”
“Where’s it now?”
Frenzy flashes in her eyes and she whimpers, “I threw it out the window. I was so nervous you’d find it and I sort of...panicked.”
“Baby...,” I gently rasp, not liking the idea of her being distressed. “You should’ve told me the moment you found out.”
Red in the face, she replies, “We’d already kissed by then and I’d already developed feelings. I thought you’d be mortified if you found out the truth and not want anything to do with me.”
Rubbing a hand down my face, I shake my head. “You’re Gael’s kid.”
Skyla nods. “She told me you’d been adopted.”
I nod. “I was. When I was nine and then I left home at sixteen and a couple of years later I joined the mob.”
Lowering her gaze, Skyla murmurs, “She never knew where you’d gone. Told me the two of you didn’t get along that well, but she did let me know you were the only relative I had left.”
Agony flares in me. If only I had known about Gael’s death. If only I’d known she’d had a child then Skyla would’ve never have been on her own. Thank fuck our paths crossed anyway. Just the thought of Skyla being out there in the world without me has me shaking.
From the moment I saw Skyla I knew we had a connection. But I don’t think it has anything to do with our shared family. I think it has to do with the fact of her being her and me being me. Our connection is our own and nobody else’s.
“Phantom?” she murmurs and I perk my ears. “Before you...my life wasn’t that good.”
“Neither was mine baby, but you make it a hell of a lot better. I’ll forever be in your debt.”
“Do I really have your blood in my veins?” she whispers and I nod. Looking down, I stroke my fingers up the veins on her arm. That’s where I run and that’s where I’ll stay. She’ll never be able to get me out. “I like that.”
“I like that too, angel,” I groan and she looks up at me with her emotional eyes.
“You’re not mad I didn’t tell you then?”
“Being mad at you, would have me flogging my back. Being mad at you would in my mind be more depraved than killing someone.”
“Romantic,” she pants and I smirk.
“You know what I mean.”
