One fell, landing on her lips. She captured it with a flick of her tongue.

I collapsed against her, my head buried in her neck, tasting her sweat, caressing her skin, breathing in my own breath, mixed with her scent.

When my heaving breath slowed I placed my face back in front of hers again.

"When I need you, will you lay with me, sleep with me, give your body to me?" I held her head firmly in my hands, gazing deeply into her eyes.

"When you need me...completely," she answered unhesitatingly, reaching up and kissing my lips.

I believed her.

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I woke, a little disoriented, to the aroma...