A Killing Kind of Love: A Dark, Standalone Romantic Suspense (36 page)

He reached for her, used his waning strength to nudge her head onto his shoulder. “Lie with me, Hannah,” he whispered.

She stretched out beside him, pressed her cheek to his, her tears heating their skin. He caressed her hair, soothed her, the almost dead consoling the not alive.

“Warm. So warm.” He continued to stroke her hair, his fingers stopping at her nape. “A woman in my arms.” He kissed her forehead softly. “My first woman.”

With that he ran out of breaths, his last wafting over her cheek on an endless sigh.

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