“I can’t find words to tell you how much I love you, how happy I am that you’re alive.” He shivered beneath me, his eyes closing as his jaw flexed. “Seconds. If Noah…” He opened his eyes, and tears filled them. “I died the moment I heard a gunshot. Everything in me shattered.”

I ran my free hand against his face, soothing strokes to reassure him I was there. “I’m here. We’re both okay. We’re finally free to live.” My breath caught, and so did my mind. Not because I was free, but because Nathan finally was. After all these years—we were both free from the monsters that hunted us.

“To live, to love, to be happy.” He flashed a brilliant smile at me, and all I could do was swoon. “In fact, I was thinking…maybe it’s time we thought about buying a place of our own. I don’t need a hideaway anymore, I need a home. A place for you and me and our family.”

My hand trailed down his neck, touching and soaking in his body heat, his essence. “The same thought crossed my mind.”

“A house with a yard, maybe even a pool. Kids running around, family stopping by. Can you see it?”

I nodded and fought back a tear as I pictured it all. “It was a dream I once had.”

“We can make it a reality. There’s nothing and no one stopping us.” His lips ghosted mine.

“The hardest part will be getting pregnant.”

“Maybe. We’ve had a lot of stress over the last few months, and stress can hinder conception.”

I bit my lip. “Guess we’ll have to keep having lots of sex.”

“No objections here. Fuck you all the time and knock you up? All around winner.” He licked his lips and winked at me. His fingers flexed against my hips as he pushed his c**k against my pu**y.

Our lips met, and everything began to slip away as I melted against him. All the fear, anxiety, self-hatred, and negativity seemed to wash away from us both.

“Talk dirty to me?” I whispered into his ear.

He slammed his lips to mine, then pulled back, breathless. “Always.”

The End