As he drew up alongside me, he cocked one brow.
"You really that kiss don't you?" he said.
"No, I just want to see what you can really do."
He smiled then, a blaze of a grin that made me forget I was hanging twenty feet above the ground.
"All right then," he said. "No holds barred. On my count?"
I nodded.
"One, two, three…"
We took off. I kept my face to the wall, throwing everything I had into the climb, certain I'd pull away to victory. But he stayed alongside me, his grunts and labored breathing telling me he was trying just as hard.
"You really that kiss don't you?" he said.
"No, I just want to see what you can really do."
He smiled then, a blaze of a grin that made me forget I was hanging twenty feet above the ground.
"All right then," he said. "No holds barred. On my count?"
I nodded.
"One, two, three…"
We took off. I kept my face to the wall, throwing everything I had into the climb, certain I'd pull away to victory. But he stayed alongside me, his grunts and labored breathing telling me he was trying just as hard.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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