”“It’s a good thing they work fast. Did you plan this?”“No, but it was quite the turn-on watching all three of them getting worked up becaus... of our activities earlier,” she said while giving Kal a look of hunger that had nothing to do with food. “Eat up, we have an appointment to keep in the bedroom.”They got lucky and Perra didn’t start until the next day. Other than the normal discomforts of this time of the month, she wasn’t complaining. She had gotten her day with Kal and was now insistent. "By way of answering her I gave her our first kiss. I melted into herand she into me, not becoming one but entangling one another in ourarms, and legs our tongues and minds. No-one interrupted us for aprolonged period of time and we just embraced and kissed and physicallyexplored one another, without letting our hands stray into naughtyplaces.Eventually though someone did need a glass of water and we rejoined therest of the party, a couple people had already left in our absence.When we went. "You must excuse my lack of hospitality. I would have made the servants put the tea kettle on had I known you were coming."The arch-angel cocked his head slightly to the side. His silver eyes narrowed. "And yet," he said, "you are wearing a daylight shield. You must have known I was coming in order to prepare." His voice was low and rich, but his tone was far too mild for an irate angel."Are you insinuating that I have purposely not prepared any tea?" I asked wryly, trying to diffuse the nerves. ‘I wish we could stay like this, in this moment, forever.’ Her voice was soft as she murmured into his hair, but she wanted him to hear her. Wanted him to give her the answers that would release her, one way or another. ‘Why can’t we? I love you. I want to spend my life with you.’ Tears stung her eyes as she bent forwards to look at him. ‘I love you too.’ The words seemed too simple and meaningless to convey how she really felt, especially after hearing him say them first. It seemed.