Rule Four of the Lease Said No Overnight Guests novel · Chapter 24 of 24

Chapter 24: Renewed

"Not yet," Lena said, and she caught my hand before it reached the chain.

It was the second Saturday of January, a little after nine at night.

We were on her bed with the lamp on.

My desk stood in the front room now, by the window, with my inks lined up on it.

My boxes were still half unpacked in the hall.

I was in my slip, and Lena was in her undershirt, and her mouth was on my throat.

"Let me do it," she said.

"Do what?"

"This."

She sat back on her heels and lifted the chain over her head.

It caught for a second on her silver hair.

She opened the clasp and let the ring slide down into her palm.

It was a plain gold band, worn thin on one side, and she looked at it for a long breath.

I did not speak.

She held it between her finger and thumb.

Then she turned and set it on the shelf above the headboard.

It sat beside the photograph of Hannah in her yellow raincoat, laughing at somebody off the edge of the frame.

"There," Lena said.

Her voice shook.

"That's where it lives now."

"Are you all right?"

"I'm better than all right."

She turned back to me.

Her eyes were wet and grey and clear.

"I want you to take me to bed, Mina."

"We're in bed."

"I want you to take me. All the way. I want to be yours."

I put my hand on her cheek, and she turned her face into it.

"I'm yours," I said. "Come here."

She came into my arms, and we fell back on the pillows.

We kissed for a long time.

It was a deep slow kiss with no hurry in it, her tongue stroking mine, her hand tangled in my curls.

I rolled her onto her back and pulled her undershirt over her head.

Her breasts rose and fell under the lamp.

I kissed them one at a time, lingering, and she sighed and arched into my mouth.

"I like that," she said.

"I know."

"I like everything you do."

"Tell me more."

"I like your hands. I like the ink under your nails.

"I like how you look at me when you think I'm not looking."

My throat ached.

I kissed down her stomach, and I tugged her sweatpants down her legs, and I kissed the point of her hip.

She spread her thighs.

I looked up at her, and she looked down, and we both smiled.

"Say what you want," I said.

"Your mouth."

"Where?"

"Where you know."

I bent and put my mouth on her, and she let out a long low moan.

She tasted of salt and sweetness, warm and slick, and I licked her slowly, savoring her.

Her hand moved into my hair and held on.

I traced her entrance with my tongue, and I drew a circle around her clit, and she whispered, "Yes, yes, there."

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