?You'll... hurt me,? I whispered in between sobs. Trent letgo of me and stood up. I buried my head in my knees, crying harder. ?Hey, at least you're ...elling the truth. The last one was agoddamn liar,? Trent said thoughtfully. A second ago he was so worked up Ithought he was going to strangle me or something. ?I hate liars...? ?I kinda like liars,? someone said slowly. ?Owen! Welcome back.? ?Do you do that 'fight back' line on everyone?? Owensounded totally relaxed, slurring his words. She smiled at me warmly. “I’ve been waiting for you to wake up, sleepy head.”I knelt beside her chair and tentatively leaned forward for a kiss. Mom responded as warmly as ever, and I moved closer as kiss followed kiss. I was actually leaning against the thigh that she had up across her other leg. Now I swear that I did not deliberately push her skirt higher, but our movements as I put my arms around her waist had that effect. There was an awful lot of bare leg there, very smooth and very soft.. ‘Take me.’ I took off my boxers, put the rubber on, and then unleashed my sex experience, falling off of her an hour later with her sweat all over me and her naked body with me on her bedroom floor. Result. I stepped back into her bed, telling her I was staying, and she rejoined me for a snog before we both fell asleep, exhausted. I awoke in daylight, Claire not naked on top of me anymore, but instead under the sheets with me, head bobbing up and down as she kept her promise of a blowjob, and. .. in here.” He gestured to what might as well have been Hell’s basement.“ ... yes, that is true.”“We die if we catch a sunrise. We sleep half the day. We light up like kindling. You’re right, we are fragile...” He got up, dusted off his knees and ass, and adjusted his tie again. “You could probably handle ten, or twenty of us in a fight, in here.”“ ... I could.”“And yet, you’ve requested I come here, so we can talk, and find a way to work together.”“Azamel has requested you. I just delivered.