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“Sometimes, we need to break the rules to get to where we’re supposed to be.”
“You’re touching me.” There was wonder in her tone that had my brows pulling together. “Would you rather I didn’t?” Shiloh’s gaze flew to mine. “Don’t let go.” “I promise. I won’t let go.”
“It doesn’t hurt,” she whispered. “What doesn’t?” “You touching me.” I fought the urge to rear back—only decades with horses kept me from doing so. The training that kept me from reacting strongly when I got knocked sideways. “You thought it would?” “It always does. Whenever someone touches me. It…it’s like it grates against my skin.” I bit back a million different curses. “Tell me if it’s too much.” She shook her head back and forth. “It’s not.”
“I like having you here. I think I needed it just as much as you did.” The truth of those words hit somewhere deep in my chest, burning. But it was a beautiful kind of pain. One I welcomed. One that belonged only to Shiloh.
“You’re amazing, you know that? Pure fire.” I looked up into those onyx eyes. “Only for the people who matter.” And I burned the brightest for one person. Him.
“I’m here any time you need to let this shit out. You want to scream and punch something? I’ll find you a heavy bag. You need to cry? I’ve got you. You just need to know you’re not alone? I’ll sit with you all damn night. I’m with you. Every step of the way.”
“I don’t think there’s a word for it in the English language. But it burns through me. And I don’t want to ever let it go.”
“Can I touch you?” His eyes flared, a dark heat pooling there. “You touch whatever you damn well please.”
“I could never regret you. Even when it hurts, I want to feel that pain because you make me remember that I’m alive.”
“My pinpricks of hope on the darkest nights. You are that in living form for me. You always will be. And I think we can be that for the boys, too.”
