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15: Ashallia
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ashallia groaned softly as she stirred, her stomach joining in shortly after. She was starving. She stretched, before opening her eyes to see an unfamiliar room, 'Where..?' she thought, until her eyes fell on the man seated opposite, and she remembered clearly.
She froze, as he was looking straight at her. "Hey," he said softly, with a friendly-seeming smile, before glancing quickly across from him. Her eyes followed, and fell on creepy guy seated on the couch with her, his hands on her feet in his lap.Gasping softly, she sat up suddenly, grabbing the edge of the couch tightly as she expected another wave of dizziness. It didn't come though, and the man opposite smiled wider, "You're okay now," he said reassuringly, "and safe." He glanced at creepy guy again, who was still just staring at her.She stared back at them both for a long moment, the room feeling full of awkward tension. The weird atmosphere was broken somewhat as a third man, the driver, joRelated chapters
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She twisted her fingers tighter in his thick, dark hair, moaning softly as he kissed her with a fiery passion. Damn, he tasted incredible, and she couldn't get enough. As she felt her heat growing inside her, he suddenly lifted his head, a sense of disappointment filling her. But he wasn't stopping, he stepped back, carrying her with him over to the bed. She held on with her arms and her legs wrapped around him, her mind feeling clouded with arousal. Laying her down gently, he leaned over her, pulling his shirt over his head before he kissed her again. Her hands wandered over his thickly muscled shoulders, loving the feel of them, and his strong, powerful body on top of hers. She lifted her knees either side of him, eager to feel him through the thin fabric of her underwear, and he didn't disappoint. He reached down to undo his belt and jeans, pushing them off with one hand while easily supporting himself with the other, his lips on hers again. When he
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"No." His voice had a sharp edge to it that made her eyes open again, "Not okay. Start talking." Annoyance flashed on her face, "No," she retorted, looking away again, "It's none of your business, anyway." She tried to push him back, but he held his ground, and her back to the door. Shoving harder, she tried again, "Get off me!" her voice cracked as she said it, and she refused to meet his gaze. He grabbed her wrists, pinning them either side of her, "Look at me," he growled, but she didn't, so he released one, grabbing her chin and tilting her face towards him, and clearly saw the tears in her eyes. "What happened?" he asked again, his voice softer now, but she just shook her head. He dropped his hands and stepped back, releasing her, and she stared up at him a moment before she moved, quickly opening the door and leaving his room. He heard the door to her room shut hard and he swore under his breath, but didn't follow. She clearly wasn't ready to let him in.
Shadowsouled 23: Ashallia
Ashallia left the kitchen feeling awkward after Jason's apology. He'd sounded genuine, but why would he feel protective of her? He didn't even know the first thing about her. And yet.. she didn't know the first thing about him either, and somehow felt inexplicably drawn to him. Was it the same for him? Was that all it took to make him feel like that?She headed back upstairs, wanting both physical- and head-space. As she shut her door, her phone chimed and she frowned. She'd turned the group chat notifications off, who was trying to message her?Grabbing her phone, she lay on the bed, noticing a bunch of message from Pete, and one from Dane. 'Shit, I forgot to call in sick,' she thought, sending Pete an apology. She hoped he wouldn't be too caught out by her not turning up for her shift. Opening Dane's, she felt a pang of guilt, "Where are you? Are you okay?" it said. She wondered how much he'd heard the previous night. "I'm okay, just at a friend's" she
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Jason pulled Ashallia under him more, covering her protectively as the room continued to shake, more dust and chunks of concrete falling around them. "Are you guys alright?" he asked, trying to see through the dust towards them. He heard Cameron coughing, which was certainly an improvement on him being unconscious just a few minutes before, and Mikael and Lukas groaned softly. "We're okay," Lukas said, his voice sounding strained, "Is that all of them?" he asked, and Ashallia coughed again, trying to cover her nose and mouth with her sleeve, "I could only sense him, I transferred what I could from you two.." she said weakly, and Cameron groaned a soft, "Thank you." As the room fell still and silent again, they waited a long moment, then began to slowly get up. Looking around the room, a sense of dismay filled them all. Large chunks of the ceiling had caved, and streams of dust stopped and started in various places, making the whole thing look unstable, and worse, he saw that the sta
