Caiden's eyes were struck by the first beams of sunlight that came through the window breach. Glancing to the side, he saw Kamara lay her head on his chest as he slowly opened his eyes. There they were, now lying in the center of his mother's living room, only a thin sheet covering their exposed nudity. He had made love to her in different positions and different places in the house, till they ended it all in the living room.

His mother would set the carpet if she knew what had transpired on it the previous evening. Recalling the passionate evening he'd spent with Kamara, Caiden grinned. Her love declaration,...