To kill a God I Loved.

aks through walls and dreams. Elena pressed her forehead to the cold windowpane of her room, watching water dance down the sto

door.There he was.Shirt damp, collar open, his skin slick from rain. His hair clung to his foreh

red.A pause."Because I don't want to lie to you," he said. "But I can't tell you

idn't care for

the wall with reverence and hunger. Their clothes became obstacles-her nightdress slipping off her shoulders, his shirt pulled loose with trembling fingers ."Elena..." he

waist, a warmth burst through her chest, as if something inside her had just unlocked. Her body arche

den eyes-she saw a truth she wasn't ready to speak aloud.He moved inside her like he'd done

of him, to the heat and the so

felt herself leave her body

mething far old

d against him, her breath

long."I've done many things," he said. "But not like this.

f something not human.His pupils flickered-serpent-slit, then round again.The air around him puls

t, the skin shimmered-just for a moment. And beneath the sur

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