Raintree: Santuary

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You are mine. And I am yours. Now and forever. I need you the way
I need the air I breathe. I love you, my sweet Mercy.

She felt what he felt and realized that he hated her for making him care.

We’re just a man and a woman, with no past and no future.

The aftermath of lovemaking should be a time for togetherness.

The aftermath of lovemaking

Loving a man should bring a woman joy, not sorrow.

Love and hate. Fear and longing.

She had never hated anyone the way she hated him. Or loved anyone so deeply and passionately

I knew you weren’t in love with me. You were just in love with the way I’d made you feel. Really good sex can do that to a woman when it’s a new experience for her.”

but she told you that she loved you