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“Paradise,” Ellister says. “Our paradise.”
This is another shift in our plans. A huge shift. It’s nothing like the life Ellister mapped out for us here, with magic, isolation, and seemingly endless years.
Instead, Ellister will become human. His magic will fade over time. He’ll be giving up twenty-five thousand years in exchange for maybe sixty or seventy.
“Are you sure?” I ask him, pulling back. “Are you positive living in the human realm is what you want?”
“A normal life with you, Hannah…” Ellister responds, full of passion. “It’s beyond my wildest dreams. There’s nothing I want more.”
I kiss him, pressing my mouth to his firmly.
It’s all going to work out.
If we go to the farm in search of employment, we’ll get hired. We’ll go in the way of Jack, acting as drifters in need of a place to belong. We can move into one of the cabins. Work hard. Raise a family. Grow old together and die after a life well lived.
ELLISTER
More Glow pings inside the pitcher while hissing continues from the pipe. The distiller is working consistently, and I almost can’t believe it.
Once again, Hannah and I are going to cheat death. We’ve found our new solution.
Waves of extreme happiness travel through the bond from Hannah to me, multiplying as her emotions soak into my soul. In turn, mine reflect back at her like a boomerang.
It makes me incredibly aroused.
I could send Hannah back to bed alone while I stand out here and watch each drop collect…
Or.
We could celebrate properly.
As Hannah clings to me and licks my bottom lip between kisses, I know I can’t stay away from her any longer.
My willpower only goes so far, and it’s currently depleted.
One more time. I can have her just once more before we leave here.
Hannah makes a noise of surprise when I meld my mouth with hers again, this time slowly. Intentionally.
She melts in my arms when my tongue sweeps past her lips, and I kiss her with all the love inside my soul.
When I lift her up, hiking her legs around my waist, she’s confused by my quick change of mind.
“Ellister?” she whispers, keeping her fingers firmly linked behind my neck, unwilling to let me go.
Wordlessly, I communicate my desires by rotating us toward the open barn door, walking out, and kicking it shut behind me.
I carry Hannah to the house, bestowing her with feather-light kisses along the way.
As we cross the threshold, some conflicted emotions blast at me through our tether.
She’s happy and grateful for my affection, but she’s also terrified to lose it again.
“I’ll give you today,” I promise, knowing we both need this. “For the rest of the day, I’m yours to do with as you please. Any way you want me. Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.”
“Really?” She blinks at me as I take us to the bedroom.
“Really.”
