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NINETY-THREE | BLACKBERRY PIE
Jemima Forrester 24.10.2020 21:42:08
Entering my room with Skye by my side felt strangely intimate, although it wasn’t the first time he’d seen it. It was as though I’d been stripped bare tonight, and he was seeing me with fresh eyes. Every brushing touch sent shudders rippling through me, and I longed to slide under the duvet with him, to be shrouded in his warmth as we fell asleep together.
“I guess we don’t need this anymore,” I grinned, nodding at the spell bag on my b
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