She Came From the Shadows (James and Tera: book 2)

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I woke up with the sounds of rain hitting the roof. I opened my eyes and looked in front of me to see a still sleeping Tera, her body facing me. Her hair was in her face, and it was honestly pretty cute. I was going to get up but she had a leg over me.

I decided to stay there, just for a little bit longer. Maybe staying the night wasn't such a bad thing after all. There was something about staying that kind of made me wanna see and be with her a little more. I liked waking up and seeing her. I could get used to it.

I reached into my pockets and pulled out my phone. I could sleep with my phone in my pockets with no problem at all. It wasn't uncomfortable for me at all. I opened my camera and took a picture of her face.

After I snapped the picture, she woke up, me not knowing the sound was still on. Her eyes slowly opened and she rubbed her eyes with a hand. "What are you doing?" She asked in a sleepy voice.

I chuckled very lightly. "Saving this for blackmail." I told her.

She smiled. "Yeah right, creep." She reached a hand over to my phone.

I pulled it away. "Ah ah, nope." I told her.

She started to laugh and reach more, her body getting more and more onto me. "Delete it." She said through laughter.

"No." I laughed along with her.

Suddenly she climbed her way on top of me, trying her best to grab the phone. "Give it!" She said.

My phone dropped to the floor with a thud, and we both just kept laughing. My laughs almost came to a stop when I noticed the position we were in. She was completely on me, sitting on me as I was on my back. The sight of her, on top of me, it felt so right. Like she belonged up there. I felt the same feeling I had felt last night, when I saw her shirtless in nothing but a bra.

Our laughs slowly faded, and she looked down at me, staring right into my eyes. She had a look of sincerity on her face. It made me really curious as to why. "Is something wrong?" I asked her.

It took her a moment to shake her head. "You stayed with me." She told me.

I felt my heartbeat speed up a little. "Yeah, I did..." I told her, at a loss of words. "It's just that, well," I looked at her body again, and I rubbed my hands up and down her sides as I talked. "I just couldn't imagine letting you be in pain all alone."

She leaned her body down until she was laying on me, her bust cushioning onto my chest. Her face was inches from mine, but her eye contact never broke. "Even if I could've healed hours later without you?"

"No." I said instinctively, my mouth reacting on its own. "Knowing I could help, I stayed."

She leaned down and kissed my lips tenderly, and I kissed back with the same tenderness, our tongues meeting each other, soft and warm. We broke apart a few seconds later. I cracked a smirk at her. "Your morning breath is repulsive."

She suddenly licked my face, leaving so much saliva on my cheeks. "Shut up." She climbed off from on top of me and got to her feet, stretching her back and her arms. "I feel better than I have in a while."

I decided to get up as well, wiping off the saliva. I stretched a little, feeling my back pop along with my arms and legs. I looked down at the bed we had both slept in together, imaging her in my arms again. It was embedded in my head.

Tera sniffed, and she shook her head. "Dad is downstairs cooking breakfast." She said. "Smells like meat and vegetables."

I heard music coming from below us, and it sounded foreign. "Let me guess, he's listening to Romanian songs too?"