How could I sit with my friends, talking about boys, music, and clothes, working and studying mindlessly, without wondering about your past, your stories, and what else like you is out there waiting to be discovered? The steady rise and fall of his chest beneath her reassured her, even as lingering unease prickled at the edges of her mind. XXX My chest tightened, not with fear but with resolve. I just wanted to feel you.” she finished with a blush, looking away shyly. “If I had to guess, I’d say the house was either compelled to find you—maybe by some powerful entity, or decided itself for my sake.”
Her mouth fell open at my words, and the truths implied. The faint warmth still radiating from the coals seemed to fill the cabin, maintaining its comfortable
