Chapters (45)
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 2046
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- About the Author
He couldn’t help but look. She’d walked in, turned the light on low and stopped right next to his bed. He blinked and flicked his eyes quickly up over her body to her eyes and stopped. His heart reacted. Thudding harder. He swallowed, blinked and moved to sit up higher.
She didn’t say a word but waited, watching, searching and seeing it. Seeing that flicker right there. It strengthened her resolve and made that small sense of excitement grow bigger, and quickly too. She moved deftly. Easing on to his bed to lift one leg over to straddle his thighs. He froze instantly. His eyes widening. His mouth instantly dry. He blinked fast. She rested a hand on his naked chest and felt the thudding of his heart. She smiled nervously, suddenly vulnerable and exposed. His eyes remained locked on hers. His mind whirling as she lowered down so slowly it took forever. Her hands moved out to find his. Her fingers entwined with his. No words were said. No words were needed. She moved up higher from his thighs towards his groin. He drew breath, fast and sudden. She felt him stiffen beneath her and again it strengthened her resolve and made that small sense of excitement grow further.
Eyes locked. Hers so dark and stunning. His so blue and full of pain and hurt and possessed of a depth that seemed endless and made her sink lower with her lips forever moving towards his. He moved up too. He reacted to lift towards her. His stomach muscles now strong enough to hold that position without shaking or feeling pain. At that last second she paused. Her lips but a fraction from his. She didn’t know why she paused, only that she did. Perhaps it was to savour the feeling of the moment, perhaps it was to reflect, perhaps it was to think that despite the reasons for coming in here to do this, she actually really wanted him to kiss her right now.
That pause broke the spell. He looked down to see the perfection of her form. The flawless skin tone, the raven-black hair spilling down and he felt more worthless in that second than in all the previous seconds of his depression combined. It was the lowest. He was being pitied by someone he respected and admired more than anyone else he had ever met and that single thought was the catalyst.