Morningside Cuesta it's time for a new beginning

He didn't see Adeline; if he had, it would have all been over. He would've come to his senses and told Khoe that he couldn't, that this was wrong. And maybe it was, or maybe it wasn't. All that would cease to matter if he'd just seen her face. He would've remembered that he couldn't love Khoe the way she needed - that he couldn't love anyone because all his heart was taken up by her.

But he didn't see her, and a moment later, he'd rolled so that Khoe was now trapped beneath him - not that he thought she'd be trying to get away anytime soon.

"Ready?" he asked her, nuzzling sweetly at the base of her ear. This felt almost like healing; like balm to a wound.