A fuckin’ fool as I went for her. Because that girl looked up when she felt me cautiously approach. Ground rumbled beneath. The warning of a coming earthquake. Of devastation. Destruction. I leaned down and slipped my arms around her back and under her knees. Salem yelped. A shout from her soul. Mine clutched. I gathered her closer. “I have you, Salem. I have you, baby.” A sob wrenched from her throat, and she buried her face in my neck, into my beard, against my chest, like she could hide away in the safety of my arms. “I have you.” And I didn’t want to let her go.
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