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lose him. No guy, no matter how nice, would want to be with someone that flinched every time they touched her.
    “Sera,” he whispered softly.
    He sat up and gently laid his hands on her shoulders. She stiffened slightly and turned her head so that he couldn’t see her face. “I’m sorry,” she whispered.
    “For what?”
    She shook her head, her long hair falling forward to obscure what little of her face he had been able to see. A small tremor shook her, but she refused to look at him. As slowly, and as gently as possible, he reached out to lightly seize her chin. He turned her head, forcing her to look at him.
    “There is nothing to be sorry for,” he said firmly. “Okay?” She nodded slowly, but self loathing still filled her eyes. He sighed softly, unsure of what to say, or do. “I won’t do anything that you don’t want to do. I’m not going to hurt you.”
    Her eyes flicked over his face as she thought over his words, and tried to figure out if he was telling the truth, or not. He seemed to be telling her the truth. He had to be. She was sitting with him, alone in a dark room, and he was making no move to do anything to harm her. Instead, he was only trying to assure, and comfort, her.
    “There’s no rush,” he said softly. “I’ll wait until you’re comfortable, until you’re ready. I just want you to trust me, all right?”
    She had to fight back the wave of tears that flooded her eyes. “Wait?” she managed to choke out through the lump in her throat.
    He smiled softly as his thumb began to stroke her chin. “Yes, wait. I like you Sera. I want to be with you, with, or without sex. Understand?”
    Her eyes widened in surprise as his words sank in. He could have any girl he wanted, at any time, why would he want to wait for her? For someone who shrank away from him? For someone who was broken? She simply couldn’t believe what she was hearing, but he seemed so honest, so sincere, and she truly wanted to believe him.
    “Why?” she had to ask.
    He stared at her for a moment, trying to figure it out for himself. He liked her, he knew that, but he had liked girls before. Though none of them had ever made him feel the way that she did. None of them had made him feel so protective before. And none of them had managed to arouse him as much as she did with just a look, or a kiss. He was throbbing and hard now, yet he was telling her that he would wait for her.
    It would be better for her if he left now, walked downstairs, and found the first girl he could take his lust out on. Instead, he found himself not wanting anyone else. He was suddenly certain that they would not be able to satisfy him and that only she would be able to. Although they had just met, and he barely knew her, she helped to ease the loneliness of his dark existence, and he was not going to let her go. He would have to someday, but not yet.
    “Because I want to be with you. Okay?” he asked with a small smile.
    She managed to smile back at him as her heart filled with happiness. He had to be too good to be true. But at that moment, she didn’t care. His thumb stilled on her chin as he leaned forward and kissed her gently. He pulled back and smiled warmly as he held his arms out to her. She didn’t hesitate as she went into them. He enfolded her tightly and held her gently against his chest, his chin on her head. To her surprise she realized that she had never felt so safe before.
    “Can I ask you something?” he asked softly, his lips gently brushing the top of her head.
    “Sure, what?”
    “You may not like it, and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”
    She shrugged as she nestled closer to his warmth. “Then ask.”
    “What happened to you before?”
    She stiffened in his arms. Her breath was frozen in her lungs, as her heart began to beat a wild staccato in her chest. “What do you mean?” she asked, trying to keep the tremor from her voice.
    He sighed softly as he lightly stroked her hair. “I mean,