“Then it was silent. Heavy now, not the sleepy silence of before. The kind of silence that meant horrifying things.”

“She was strength and power and so many things he’d pretended for twelve years he didn’t miss, didn’t need.”

“Then it was silent. Heavy now, not the sleepy silence of before. The kind of silence that meant horrifying things.”

“She was strength and power and so many things he’d pretended for twelve years he didn’t miss, didn’t need.”

“Im in, especially if theres a bad guy. Do I get to hurt a bad guy?”

“He was silent a moment; then he said, "I want a drink of water." She almost laughed aloud, because it was such a mundane request that could have been made of anyone, but then she saw the tension in...”

“Calmly, deliberately, he moved his hands down to her breasts and molded his fingers over them. Jay inhaled sharply, and he said, "Easy, easy," as he stroked the soft mounds. "Steve, no." But her ey...”