sent back home, I thought I’d never see him again. I never dreamed there was a way for him to return. And now he’s human and we can have a future. It’s like the world wants us to be together.
Forever.
Chapter Nine
My therapy session with Mom yesterday went well. Now Sebastian and I are back at my apartment, lying on the couch. He’s on top of me, propped on his elbows so he won’t crush me to death. “Finally.” He presses kisses on my neck. “Alone.”
My eyes flutter as I moan softly. His lips move down my neck, then back up to my ear where he whispers, “You’re my world, Lily. My life is incomplete without you.”
My fingers dig into his hair, forcing his mouth back to mine. Our kiss is hard, yet soft at the same time. I feel like I’m being shot into space with fireworks exploding all around me. I push myself closer, practically fusing our bodies into one.
Sebastian’s hands rest at the back of my head. Though he’s kissing me intensely, with everything he has, his touch is light, almost featherlike.
“I can kiss your forever,” I say when we take a break to catch our breaths. “And I’ll never get bored of it.”
He beams. “I’ve seen it done countless times over the years and I wondered what the big deal is. It seemed a bit disgusting, to be honest.”
I laugh.
He fingers my bottom lip. “But now I see how wrong I was. It’s anything but gross.” He bends forward and closes his mouth over mine. “And I can do it for hours, too.”
I frown. “Except we really can’t. I have work tomorrow.” And if I don’t get at least eight hours of sleep, I’ll fall over and all the food I’m carrying will crash to the floor. I slept a little on the plane ride home, but I was too engrossed in the movie I was watching. It was a romance, one I hadn’t seen. Sebastian was even more into it than I was.
He frowns, too. “I wish I could work and help support us. Do they need someone to wash the dishes there?”
I shake my head. “Either way, my boss doesn’t allow girlfriends and boyfriends to work together.”
“Why?”
“Apparently they’d be too busy making out or sending kissy faces to each other and won’t focus on the customers.” I roll my eyes.
He laughs and pecks my lips. “Maybe he’s right. I’d definitely want to grab you and kiss you. Every second we’re apart is torture.”
“I know, it’s torture for me, too. I feel so alone when you’re not here.”
“Really? But you have other people in your life, your mother, your friends.”
I take his hand. “Yeah, I do. But they’re not you.”
He smiles.
“You’re going to have friends, too, you know,” I tell him.
“I’ve never had friends before.”
“Not the other servants?”
He shakes his head. “We weren’t really allowed to talk with one another. It was hard for me to speak to Renaya. We didn’t cross paths often. Maybe if we had, I could have stopped the prince…” His voice trails off and he fists his hands. “I hope that scoundrel is suffering in the next world for what he did to her.”
I clutch him close and bury my face in his chest. I don’t want to think about all the horrors that go on at the palace, all the pain that Sebastian and his sister have been through. I wish I could have gotten the chance to save her, too. I would have helped provide her with a good life on Earth.
Sebastian’s arms come around me and he holds me tight, pressing his face in my hair and breathing softly.
“Is there any way to get to Ortarus?” I ask him.
He looks at me, confused. “Why would you go there?”
“To free everyone suffering there.”
His arms tighten around me. “You’re very kind, Lily, but we wouldn’t stand a chance. The king and his army have powerful magic. It would be suicide.”
“We could try.”
“It’s not possible for us to be sent there. I’m sorry.”
I know Ortarus has problems, just like Earth does. They have a system there, a system that has been around
Forever.
Chapter Nine
My therapy session with Mom yesterday went well. Now Sebastian and I are back at my apartment, lying on the couch. He’s on top of me, propped on his elbows so he won’t crush me to death. “Finally.” He presses kisses on my neck. “Alone.”
My eyes flutter as I moan softly. His lips move down my neck, then back up to my ear where he whispers, “You’re my world, Lily. My life is incomplete without you.”
My fingers dig into his hair, forcing his mouth back to mine. Our kiss is hard, yet soft at the same time. I feel like I’m being shot into space with fireworks exploding all around me. I push myself closer, practically fusing our bodies into one.
Sebastian’s hands rest at the back of my head. Though he’s kissing me intensely, with everything he has, his touch is light, almost featherlike.
“I can kiss your forever,” I say when we take a break to catch our breaths. “And I’ll never get bored of it.”
He beams. “I’ve seen it done countless times over the years and I wondered what the big deal is. It seemed a bit disgusting, to be honest.”
I laugh.
He fingers my bottom lip. “But now I see how wrong I was. It’s anything but gross.” He bends forward and closes his mouth over mine. “And I can do it for hours, too.”
I frown. “Except we really can’t. I have work tomorrow.” And if I don’t get at least eight hours of sleep, I’ll fall over and all the food I’m carrying will crash to the floor. I slept a little on the plane ride home, but I was too engrossed in the movie I was watching. It was a romance, one I hadn’t seen. Sebastian was even more into it than I was.
He frowns, too. “I wish I could work and help support us. Do they need someone to wash the dishes there?”
I shake my head. “Either way, my boss doesn’t allow girlfriends and boyfriends to work together.”
“Why?”
“Apparently they’d be too busy making out or sending kissy faces to each other and won’t focus on the customers.” I roll my eyes.
He laughs and pecks my lips. “Maybe he’s right. I’d definitely want to grab you and kiss you. Every second we’re apart is torture.”
“I know, it’s torture for me, too. I feel so alone when you’re not here.”
“Really? But you have other people in your life, your mother, your friends.”
I take his hand. “Yeah, I do. But they’re not you.”
He smiles.
“You’re going to have friends, too, you know,” I tell him.
“I’ve never had friends before.”
“Not the other servants?”
He shakes his head. “We weren’t really allowed to talk with one another. It was hard for me to speak to Renaya. We didn’t cross paths often. Maybe if we had, I could have stopped the prince…” His voice trails off and he fists his hands. “I hope that scoundrel is suffering in the next world for what he did to her.”
I clutch him close and bury my face in his chest. I don’t want to think about all the horrors that go on at the palace, all the pain that Sebastian and his sister have been through. I wish I could have gotten the chance to save her, too. I would have helped provide her with a good life on Earth.
Sebastian’s arms come around me and he holds me tight, pressing his face in my hair and breathing softly.
“Is there any way to get to Ortarus?” I ask him.
He looks at me, confused. “Why would you go there?”
“To free everyone suffering there.”
His arms tighten around me. “You’re very kind, Lily, but we wouldn’t stand a chance. The king and his army have powerful magic. It would be suicide.”
“We could try.”
“It’s not possible for us to be sent there. I’m sorry.”
I know Ortarus has problems, just like Earth does. They have a system there, a system that has been around
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