Eralia’s POV My whimper of surprise is lost in Benny’s mouth as he kisses me, harder than before, a desperate hunger that I can taste. It’s finally happening, I’m finally going to give myself to the man I love. I realised after I came home from the hospital that I was ready, Knowing Benny loves me, it made me want to take that final step with him, but I didn’t know how to approach it. Every time we have kissed over the last few days, it has been chaste, respectful, and the Navy Seal, has always pulled back before it could turn into something more. For the last few nights, I have slept beside him, watching his chest rise and fall, wanting to touch him, initiate, but I was too embarrassed, because, what if he turned me down. Then tonight, as I was lying in the dark, the weight of my mother

