Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

roof and not in my bed?? Helen asked. She rolled over onto her

side to face him and reached out to run her fingers over the Ushaped

hollow under his Adam?s apple.

?Go downstairs,? he ordered desperately, brushing her hand

away before she made contact. ?Please, Helen. Go to your own

bed.?

There was a part of Helen that knew exactly how to seduce Lucas

whether he wanted to be seduced or not, and that freaked her out

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enough to make her get up and walk on shaky legs to her own bed.

It rattled her that she could be so aggressive, so unconcerned with

what he wanted that she would consider forcing herself on him.

As she settled down under th

e covers she heard Lucas tossing

and turning above her. She heard him stand up with a sharp exhale

and go to the door on the widow?s walk.

Her heart started joyfully hammering away when she heard him

put his hand on the knob and turn it. Helen sat up, listening to him

listening to her.

Both of them could hear the other?s breath, the other?s blood

rushing around under the skin, and, for just a second, Helen could

have sworn that she was so aware of him that she could feel his

body heat from so far away. Finally, he seemed to win some kind of

fight, and forced himself to go lie back down on his air mattress.

Helen lay back as well. After getting control over her thumping

heart, she fell into the dreamless sleep that she was usually blessed

with when Lucas was watching over her.

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