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I collapse on the mat, thighs propped wide and pussy swallowing his cock to the balls. He’s in deep; I’m almost split into two. He grunts as his cock thickens inside me, then his cum is rushing out of him.

It fills me up, leaking down the inside of my quaking thighs.

I collapse the rest of the way down on the mat. Jin drops beside me, rolling me over onto my side. He drags me toward him ’til our bodies fit together like puzzle pieces. I fit perfectly in the hollow of his lean build.

“We got cum all over the mats,” I giggle.

He strokes his fingers along the curve of my cheek and leans close for a soft kiss. “We have the other mat to sleep on.”

“Until we get messy on that one too.”

“Can I help it if I can’t keep my hands off you?” He props himself up on his elbow, then swoops down for another kiss. Our fingers intertwine, his longer than mine as we join hands and lay close.

I’m still pulsing from my orgasm, my body so sensitive that even his heat makes me shudder. My brain is just as affected, thoughts muddled and fuzzy.

But I know one thing for certain.

“Jin, I want to stay with you,” I murmur, pressing my face into his warm, solid shoulder. “I know you said you were going to find a way to get me out of the country… but don’t. I want to explore this.”

“The mark?—”

“I know what the mark means. I know the Baekho Pa could find out I’m not dead. Maybe they already know. But I still want to stay with you. Don’t you want to be together?”

He frames my face in his hand and stares into my eyes so deeply, my heart flutters. “Yes,” he says simply. “I want you more than I’ve ever wanted anything in life.”

“Then… let’s be together. We’ll find a way.”

“There’s a lot to figure out. Enemies that will come?—”

“We can get through it. If we stick together. Promise me?”

“Okay,” he says softly, stroking my cheek with his thumb. He drops a kiss to my lips. “I promise, Tokki-ya.”

The next morning, Jin announces he has to leave me alone for the first time since the fire. He senses the tension that immediately fills me and promptly clarifies no cuff will be involved.

“I trust you, Tokki-ya,” he says gently, placing a kiss on top of my head. “You’ll stay put and wait for my return.”

I smile a little and nod. “I won’t go anywhere. But… um, how long will you be gone?”

“A few hours. I’m leaving you with this.”

He withdraws a handgun from the waistband of his pants, holding it out in his palm. It’s a small weapon, almost comically child-sized.

My eyes round at the sight of it. Possession of firearms is illegal in South Korea. Though it shouldn’t be surprising Jin has these kinds of weapons—he’s a captain in a violent crime syndicate, after all.

But never did I think he’d handmeone.

“I don’t…” I swallow, then shake my head uncertainly. “I’ve never shot before. I’ve never even held a gun…”

“There’s a first time for everything. I’ll show you. I want you to have a means to protect yourself while I’m gone. Not thatI anticipate anything will happen. I have a friend watching the house for me.”

“A friend? Who?”

“You can call him Han. He’s keeping watch from a distance. But close enough to be here in seconds if anyone turns up. Here, let me show you the pistol.”

Over the next half hour, Jin shows me the ins and outs of how to hold and load the gun. Then he briefs me on how to aim and fire. He offers to take me onto the beach for a few practice shots, but I turn that down.

“Nothing will go wrong,” I say. “You said your friend is looking out. And you’ll only be gone a few hours.”