Chapter 08: Temperance

Willpower; that’s what it all comes down to. I must have the willpower and self-control to keep myself from doing something I know would only be beneficial to me. The question is can I? She came by. She followed me into the sewer and was a short guest in the upstairs bedroom; the place still smells like her. It doesn’t help that I decided not to wash the sheets she slept on but…I couldn’t bear the thought of losing the only contact with her that I may ever have. 

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Chapter 07: Who Are You?

Natalie began to stir drawing Blake’s attention from his reading. He watched as her hand found the bump on her forehead and rubbed across it with a low hiss. The light from the candle beside him illuminated her body enough making her appear to glow with honey undertones. She’d kicked the covers from her body again but this time he stayed where he was watching her awaken rather than place them on her nude form once more.

She moaned and sat up, her hand still on her head as the pounding intensified between her ears. “Hey,” Blake whispered as her eyes fluttered open and adjusted to the light. “How are you feeling?”

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Chapter 06: Curiosity Killed the Cat

“‘Local Searchers Pulled Off Case’.” Riley read over Natalie’s shoulder as he took a seat beside her. “What are you looking at that for?”

“I don’t see how that’s any of your business,” she exited out of the web search and turned off the screen shooting an annoyed look in his direction. “What do you want?” She asked with equal frustration as she watched his eyes rake across her body.

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