“Nearly every day of our lives you’ve wondered one thing.” Sex darts into my brain. And his smile lights up his face, knowing full-well the dirty paths of my mind. “You’ve wondered when your superpowers will kick in.” His words flush my thoughts, and I focus on his intense, passionate gaze. “Have they?” I ask softly. “According to your timeline,”

his bed. We have consumed each other from day one. And we truly never let go.

“If someone ever asks how long we’ve spent together, I’d say for as long as my mind stretches back. I can’t tell you the day that I fell in love with you because there wasn’t a single day that I didn’t.” My voice shakes with more joy than I’ve ever known. “You have the purest parts of my heart, and I’m certain that in every alternate universe, I’m

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I am flooded with thousands upon thousands of memories that contain Loren Hale. In each one, some part of our bodies touch. Our hands. Our legs. Our hearts. Subconsciously, he guides me to the rooftop where he waits.

“Will you be happy?” My smile stretches my face. I can’t contain it. “I already am.” I’ve proven to myself that I could reach this point without a crutch. I’m sober. I’m healthy. I’m so goddamn alive. Ryke smiles back, like he’s proud of me. “It’s yours, little brother. I believe in you.”

“Sometimes the person we think we’ll become is the person we already are, and the person we truly become is the person we least expect.”

“I’m not doing this for him. I’m fucking doing this for me.” He points at his chest. “Because I can’t live with myself knowing that I could’ve helped him and I did nothing.”

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