Page 47 of Night Justice

“That was an amazing speech. And it’s the truth.”

He stopped resisting and leaned into her, taking her mouth as he sealed a silent deal with her, definitely for more than a few weeks. But that he kept to himself. Soon her hands relinquished their hold on her sheet, baring her body down to her waist, busying themselves relieving him of his clothes.

“And you have such a way with your hands. Don’t start something we can’t finish; you’re injured.”

“It’s the only way we talk, so I’d rather continue if you don’t mind. Because it’s been hell for me too, being away from you.”

As simple as that, nothing more had to be said, apart from maybe one thing. “Lay down, darl’. I have a few more things to say to you.”

As he closed his mouth over hers, starting a wordless conversation that made them both moan, Sam felt another layer had been added to him, the most precious of all. He remembered the ink etched on his skin and saw how much it now encompassed the love he felt for Orla and how he would lay his life on the line to protect it;Usque Ad Finem, To the very end.

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