Page 395 of Once Upon a Fable

He kissed me softly, gratefully.

As we kissed, his body shifted, slipping between my legs again.

I waited for any sign that this was too much for his head. I searched for any reason I should slow this down or stop, but Kas continued to stay with me. Beating back his memories, staying strong over his concussion.

I’d told him I didn’t think he could be cured just from making a choice, but I began to wonder...

Is it as simple as that?

As simple as deciding to accept change? To surrender to all the things he couldn’t erase? To accept that the past was the past, but he could claim a different future if he wanted?

God, I hope it is that simple.

Reaching down, I grabbed his heavy hardness and placed it at my wet entrance. We stiffened in each other’s arms as he pushed upward. As he mounted me and took me, we stopped breathing, overcome with the sensation of joining.

We’d had sex before, but this...this was different.

This was soft and intense.

This was a new beginning.

Kas kissed me harder, the same dominant edge I was used to resuming its place within him. His hips pulled back before thrusting forward.

My legs wrapped around his ass as I clung to him, kissing him back, moaning every time he thrust forward and filled me.

He stayed with me.

He didn’t flicker with awareness.

He was fully with me, and I’d never felt so connected to someone. So linked and in tune.

I didn’t know how much time passed as we rode each other.

Time either slowed or stopped completely as we slipped from this world into another.

A world where only we existed.

One where Kas was happy and free, and the only thing we needed to worry about was how many times a day we could join like this.

We sank into a rhythm.

His hands roamed, squeezing my breasts as he increased his pace to a sensual rock.

My mind ran wild with happily ever afters and taking him home with me. Of walking beside him every step he took to heal. Of introducing him to my family, my friends, my life.

He wouldn’t have to work. I had more than enough money for both of us.

He wouldn’t have to fear about where his next meal would come from or how uncomfortable winter would be.

We would have each other.

He’ll have me.

Overflowing affection burned me inside out.

I kissed him harder, clawing at his back as his pace matched my sudden need to finish this. To cement our hearts together for the rest of our lives.

With a heady groan, Kas drove into me, again and again.