Jessica Bird - Lover At Last (2013)

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He didn't even know what it was, Vishous. The tux? V lit a hand-rolled. Of course he didn't. He's a real male.

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Qhuinn gave in immediately, as he was categorically incapable of denying the female anything — most certainly not one of her hugs. They were even better than her lasagna.

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You asked me to speak. If this is a problem, the solution is not to get defensive because you don't like what you hear. The answer is to not invite me to talk.

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Turned out Qhuinn was a snuggler. Who knew—and how fabulous.

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Love, after all, was universal. Qhuinn closed his fist up tight, and knew he would never, ever take that ring off. Always, Blay murmured. Because family is an always kind of thing.

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Otherwise, three little words would have leaked from his mouth. And undoubtedly doomed him in ways he couldn't even guess at. Bad time. Bad place. For that kind of thing. Forever.

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The hardest thing is being with other people - it's like they're on a different wavelenght, but only you know it. They talk about their lives and what's wrong with them, and you kind of, like, just let them go. It's a whole different language, and you've got to remember that you can only respond in their mother tongue. It's really hard to relate.

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Will you get off me!" "But I'm giving you CPR-" "I will die before kissing you, Hollywood." Z tried to sit up, his breathing heavy. "Don't even think about it.

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And as he held his first true lover against him, feeling that familiar difference in their heights and smelling that wonderful cologne, part of him wanted to debate this break up until they both gave in and kept trying. But that wasn't fair.

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Qhuinn took a step forward, with the intention of stepping in, in the event the Brother locked hands on the SOB's skinny neck: Someone should probably catch the head before it bounced all over their hosts' rugs. And the deadweight of the body. Seemed only hospitable.

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What. Oh, for God's sake. Fine. Why wouldn't it ever work out? Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally… in love with you. Qhuinn's mouth dropped open.

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I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker.

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Qhuinn looked at each of the hoods again. How ironic, he thought. Nearly two years ago, an Honor Guard of black robes had been sent to him to make sure he knew his family didn't want him. And now, here these males were, come to draw him into a different kind of fold— that was every bit as strong as that of blood.

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I lived for the night, because I could go over to your house. It was the only thing that kept me going. You were the only thing, actually. It was… you.

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I cannae believe you let me touch you. His voice grew hoarse. I shall remember this for all my nights. Tears speared into her eyes. Dearest Virgin Scribe, for all her life, she had waited for a moment like this…. Do not cry. His thumb went to her cheeks. Beautiful female of worth, do not cry.

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Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally…in love with you.

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I'm talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen. I thought your mother was dead. She is. You have a very low standard for communication.

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Love'em or hate'em, by blood or by heart, family was a kind of oxygen. Necessary for the living.

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God, he was probably too young to be this old, but life had a way of being about experience, rather than calendar days.

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In his fantasy, he kissed his best friend again, pulled back, and… I love you, he said into the spray of the shower. I… love you. As he closed his eyes against the pain, it was hard to know how much of what ran down his cheeks was water, and how much was something else.

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And God help them both, if it hadn't been for Saxton, Qhuinn would have dropped the l-word right then and there, even though the timing was stupid.

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You've always had me... and my heart. My soul. Everything. I wish it hadn't taken this long for me to man up.

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In so many ways, he had wanted this his whole life—or at least ever since he'd survived his transition and had any sexual impulse at all. This moment was the culmination of countless daydreams and innumerable fantasies, his secret desire made manifest.

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The sense that in his mother's view, he had let down his family just by being who he was… was a failure of acceptance that he was never going to get over. He just wanted to live, honestly and out front, with no apology. Like everyone else. To love who he loved, be who he was… but society had a different standard.

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And it was kind of funny to see all these professional fighters unwilling to get within a mile of the female. Then again, if you wanted to survive doing the work they did, accurate risk assessment was something you developed early — and even Qhuinn, who was the object of the protective instinct the Chosen was rocking, wouldn't have dared touch her.

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I think you and he need to talk. And once you do, I won't have to worry about being jumped like a felon again. Blay frowned. He and I have nothing to say to each other— With all due respect, the ligature marks around my neck would suggest otherwise.

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