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He wonders if she can see the pain in his gaze. The desire to tell her everything. The ache to be near her and never part. “Elara,” he breathes, wiping the tear from her cheek with his thumb and cradling her head in his hand.
“Kade?” A sob escapes her throat and she grips the lapels of his jacket and pulls him closer. Their bodies are touchingnow, the warmth of proximity seeping through their clothes and sparking that feeling inside like embers of a fire.
“I want to tell you everything, I want to be with you at all times. I can’t explain it, but I need…” his voice trails off as he searches her eyes. He lets his other hand slip from her shoulder and land on her hip, pressing her tighter to him. “I never want to be away from you and it’s tearing me apart.”
“Then stay with me.” Her voice is so quiet as if she can’t believe she’s actually saying it.
“You don’t know what you’re asking, I just—Elara, I can’t.”
Her hands snake from his lapels to the back of his neck and clasp him.
He can feel her fingers tracing the scars from Coraline’s nails all those years ago, but she doesn’t say anything. She stares deep into his eyes as she locks her arms around his neck and leans her head on his chest.
“Kade, please…” she begs.
Instinctively, protectively, Kade wraps his arms around Elara’s back and pulls her slightly off the ground with the strength of his hug. He buries his face in her hair and breathes deeply. She smells so fresh and clean, nothing like the smokey evil of the witch who cursed him. The witch who passed her powers to him. The powers that now run through his veins, and Elara’s.
“What’s happening to me?” she pleads for answers, for clarity.
“When I can, I will tell you everything. I’ll hold nothing back. I swear.”
“Why not now?” Elara pulls back, staring pleadingly into her eyes through lashes wet with her tears.
“It’s…not time. Not yet.” Kade sighs, pressing his forehead to hers and taking in everything about this young woman who has tantalized him so completely. He was never supposed to developfeelings, never supposed to care. Watch her, and make sure Guy’s plan comes to be.
But now, with her in his arms? Guy’s plan is the furthest thing from his mind. Her body against his is clouding his reasoning, making him want to be lost in her very presence.
Elara tilts her head up, brushing her nose against his and releasing a small whimper.
Kade tenses, everything in him begging him to take her mouth with his and taste that whimper with his tongue. He shouldn’t, it's not part of the plan. It’s not what he’s supposed to do.
“Kade,” she whispers, rubbing her nose against his again. “Kade…”
The way she says his name is making him crazy. Speaking to some carnal beast inside him that makes him want to claim her.
“Elara,” he chokes, angling his head so their lips line up with each other, the trajectory obvious. “I want… Can I..?”
“Yes.”
He can barely hear her, the blood rushing in his ears drowning out almost everything as his emotions seem to take over his rational mind.
He leans down, setting her on her feet, and running his right hand up her back to tangle in her hair. “Elara…” he whispers, and his lips brush hers ever so lightly.
Elara lets out a surprised moan and molds herself to him, deepening the kiss.
Kade’s world explodes in color behind his closed eyes. Everything he’s been through until this moment means nothing. Her plush lips against his erase it all, everything. His arms tighten around her, tongue venturing the crease of her mouth.
Elara starts at the feeling and jerks back, her eyes holding questions she won’t voice.
“You make me forget everything, Elara,” Kade murmurs, leaning in again and pressing a chaste kiss to those delicious lips again.
“I, I just…” she blushes, stepping out of his arms and wrapping her arms around herself.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, stepping towards her.
“N-nothings wrong, it's just… I…”
“You regret it?” Kade lets his hands fall to his side and ball into fists. How could he be so stupid? How could he let his attraction to her push their boundaries? What has he done?
