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long and lingering kisses we’d shared.  He was so perfect in so many ways, yet… Why didn’t I feel that… that special something, that spark?  Where were the butterflies and damp palms?
    With my heart aching, I reached for him, hoping to transmit the affection, however platonic it might be, to him.  But the gentle touch of my hand to his shoulder wasn’t received as platonically as it had been delivered.
    Brax turned to me, pulled me possessively into his arms and lowered his lips over mine.  Hard and determined, he pried my lips apart with his tongue and reached in to taste my tongue. It felt like heaven, and I let out a low moan. He tightened his hold on me. He was almost savage in his embrace.  His fingers dug into the flesh of my back, up my shoulders and through my hair.  Tightening his grip, he held me close, while he deepen his kisses.
    “Brax,” I shouted, finally able to pull back and push him away.
    “What do you expect of me?” he shouted back.  “You want me to just shut it off?  You want me to simply ignore how I feel about you?  How hungry I feel when I’m around you?  Damn it, Lux.  This is killing me.”
    For an unsure moment I cast my eyes to the floor, while my fingers played over my tender and bruised lips.  “You were hurting me.”
    “I’m sorry.”  He gripped my arm and pulled me to him.  “That’s how badly I want you.  I can’t even measure it out in small, tender doses like I should.  I just want you.  I know you're fighting it, for whatever reason, but I think you want me too.”
    “All of that doesn’t matter right now, Brax.  We have to focus on getting you out of this curse.  Don’t you want that?”
    “Yes.”
    “Well, then…?”
    “Is this all because of Moore?”
    Taken aback, I looked at him.  “What?”
    “Moore.  You know, the other guy you’ve been spending a lot of time with.”
    I heard the bitterness in his voice and was torn between running from it or trying to diminish his anger.
    “You know, the funny thing about that is that Moore has the very same problem I have.  He has the same curse that I have, yet, you never really seemed too disturbed by that.”
    “You have no idea what disturbs me, Brax.”  Despite my desire to remain calm and keep my cool, I could feel the anger rising up my throat. 
    “Moore is just as incapable of controlling himself and his emotions as I am, yet…”
    “Stop it, Brax.”
    “Why?  Because you don’t want to hear the truth about your own feelings.”
    “Moore works very hard to control himself and his power over me.  He knows how dangerous it can be.”
    “Great.  Now you're telling me that I should take lessons from Moore.”
    “Fine, if that’s the way you want to be, I’m out of here.”  I turned and reached for the door, but he grabbed my hand and pulled me back.
    “What, are you in a rush to head back to Moore?  Is that what you’ve been doing lately?  Spending all your free time with him?”
    “The way you're talking to me now, Brax, you don’t even deserve an answer, but I’ll give you one anyway.  I haven’t see Moore for a few days and I have no idea what he’s up to.  I came here hoping to help a friend, hoping to help someone I care deeply about, but if you just want to go on about my friendship with Moore…”  I tore my hand free of his hold.  “You can get yourself out of this hell you're in.”
    I stormed out, angry and hurt.  While my boots stomped the hardwood floors, my heart pounded with dread.  I didn’t really want to leave him.  What would become of him?
    His footsteps shook the floor, shook the walls as he came after me.  “Lux,” he said. “Wait.”
    Though I wanted to stop and hear him out, my feet continued to carry me away. 
    “Lux, please.”
    I heard his voice just over my shoulder and expected him to grab my hand again to stop me, but he didn’t.  He simply murmured my name… a plea.
    “I didn’t come here to fight with you,