Fallen (62 page)

I smiled up at him. “I know, Eran. I know
you will.
”

“But that jab of yours…” he said playfully. “I think Sarai was as surprised as I was.”

“You saw that?” I asked, coyly.

“I did. Very impressive.” Eran’s grin faded and was replaced with impassion
ed
eyes. I felt the
distinct emitting of
pride
from
him.

Ezra, sensing I wanted a moment alone with Eran, pulled Rufus and Felix aside and asked them to bring the car around for us.

We watched until they disappeared around the corner and Ezra stopped to wait for them at the end of the alleyway.

I looked to Eran and asked the question I’d wanted to ask since I regained consciousness.

“Eran,
I can’t feel your intense heat any longer. And my roommates can see you now…
D
oes
this mean
what I think it means?”

“Which is what
exactly
?” he asked, toying with me, a smile playing
across
his lips.

“Did you-
did
you fall? Are you here on earth for good? Or will you leave soon?”

The features of his handsome face
tensed
, overcome with
emotion
. “
I have been battling this decision for some time now. If I’d fallen earlier I could have protected you far better. I understand that now. So I will do my best to protect you, to guard you, to balance that responsibility with loving you. Because I do love you, Magda
lene. Far more than you know
.”

His entire being stiffened then, frozen in agonizing wait for my answer.

I swung my arms around him, pulling him closer. Then my body
started
shaking, wracked with emotion.

“
Love can’t begin to describe how I feel about you
,” I said
into
his shoulder.

I felt him press his lips to my head
and my heart skipped a beat.
“I
t is the same for me
,” he whispered softly.

“Then will you stay?” I pulled back, staring at him firmly.
“Don’t tease me, Eran. That wouldn’t be fair.”

“Tease you?” he asked, incredulous
ly
. “You apparently have no idea what you do to me.”

“Eran,” I said, demanding an answer.

His signature smirk rose up before he replied.
“Someone
does
need to keep you out of trouble…”

I gasped, opening my mouth to protest his joke, but he pulled me close and for the first time – that I
could
remember – his lips touched mine.
This part of him was so familiar
to me
that even a lifetime apart couldn’t prevent
my
recognition
, and
with it
,
came an impassioned response that left us
clinging to each other, breathless.

“
I am here now
,” he
said
,
quietly
against my lips.

I sighed. “It’s how long you’ll stay that worries me. You
have a habit of disappearing.”

He leaned back and caressed my face.
“And
that’s one habit
I intend to break.”

I
smiled, reaching
my hand around his neck
and pulling
him closer to me
,
trying
to persuade him to keep his resolution.

“Promise
?
” I whispered.

“I do,
my love
,
” he asserted
as h
is arms
tightened around
me, broad
and secure.
“I
absolutely
do.”

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Laury Falter graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from
Pepperdine
University
and a Master’s degree from
Michigan
State
University
. She lives with her husband and two stray dogs in
Las Vegas
. She has been secretly writing for most of her life and only released her first novel, Fallen, after the insistence of her sister, Babs.
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