Note: Edited by Zia Westerman 16/4/2017

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Planet: Earth

Location: Camp Jameson

James and I sat down on the edge of the bed, his hand on my thigh and the other holding one of my hands.

I looked down at our hands, how perfectly they fitted together. I never thought that such a simple action could have a powerful feeling behind it. Back home on Everotorn there was no such thing as love.

My own parents were partners from birth, it was very simple; two Everotornians would be ordered to be—as humans called it—married. But our marriage was not of the heart, we do not know love, it is merely a union between them.

A union was only for the purpose of business, my mother came from the bloodline of the first Everotornians. While my father, who was to be king, had to be united with a strong bloodline just like my mother's.

I am a descendant from the first Everotornians and daughter of the Royal Adamore bloodline. But I am also cursed, cursed to be hunted for the very power flowing through me. I curse those around me because I put them in danger.

"Jewels? You okay?" The voice belonging to James broke my thoughts, I did not even notice my hand had gripped his tightly.

I loosened my grip, "I am sorry." My hand fell from his, I brought it to my face and ran it across my skin.

"It's fine," James chuckled stretching his hand. "What's on your mind?"

I found myself standing up in front of him. "James, all my life I have been forced to hide who I am, I do not want to do that anymore."

"What are you saying?" He stood and placed his hands on my face, cupping it. I watched a frown fall on his face and his lips formed into a straight line. "No," he simply said as if he could read my mind. "You're not going—"

I parted my lips, taking a step away from him. "I don't want to hide down here anymore. It's been three days. I should be up there."

"Jewels, you know why you—"

"I will not hide! I am no coward!" I turned away from him, I did not want to burden James nor this world.

But I felt his hand grip my waist and he pulled me to face him. "I can't let you up there, Jewels. I can't risk you getting hurt."

"James, I cannot hide anymore."

"I know, but it's not hiding. If the ROGS find you and that scout discovers who you are," I watched him curiously. James ran a hand through his hair, his face holding worry. "I care about you, Jewels."

"I will not hide," I stated clearly.

James groaned. "YOU'RE NOT GOING UP THERE! Damn it, Jewels!"

"You will not speak to me like—"

I am cut off, all my thoughts vanish the second I feel his lips pressed against mine. James wraps his arms around me and forces me backwards until I am pressed against a wall.

He turned his head to the side, deepening the kiss. I gasp when he tugs my shirt and pulls it over my head.

I did not know what he planned on doing with me or why he was acting this way, but I allowed him to do as he pleased.

For reasons I do not know James thrusts his hips into my groin; his the bulge in his pants collided with my lower regions.

A gasp escapes from my mouth, "James."

"Shit, Jewels, I can't do this." He suddenly pulls away from me, bending down he picks my shirt up and tosses it to me. "I feel like these feelings are just one-sided, Jewels. I—"

This time it was I who cut him off, "I do not know how to say this because I have never known this feeling, James. My planet is not capable of love, we have never experienced it." My hands find their way to his chest. "Please, I want to know this feeling, I want to love you."

James released a sigh, his eyes locked with mine. "I can't force you to love me, Jewels. It is something you'll learn on your own. But I can show you how much you mean to me."

"How?" I asked slightly confused.

I lift the shirt up to put it on, but James takes it from me and drops it to the ground.

His hands cup my face and he rested his forehead against mine.

"Let me make love to you."

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Two hours later I lay beside James on the bed with a sheet covering us. He gave me his shirt to wear while he was just in his boxers.

My head rests on his bare chest as we both tried to steady our heavy breathing. A thin layer of sweat covered my skin.

James showed me how much he loved me by his actions, he had laid me on the bed and hovered above me while we were both naked. I did not understand at first, but I felt his—peanut enter me—his actions were gentle, slow and he kept telling me he did not want to hurt me.

It was odd being connected with him like that, our minds and bodies connected. At first it hurt, it was like a pinching feeling, but after a while I felt something I have never felt before.

I felt pleasure.

Now my mind is a mess, I am unsure of the way I feel towards him now. But I know after what we had just shared, I felt more relaxed, I felt like I am now completely his.

"James?"

He turned his head and looked at me, his hazel eyes staring into my blue ones. "Are you okay? I didn't hurt you?"

"I am fine, but I do not want to hide anymore, James, I want to protect you ... and the rest of camp." I sit up, a dull ache between my legs causes me to wince. "I am fine." I quickly say before he says anything.

With a nod of his head, we both stand up. I nearly fall over at first, the ache, oh, how the ache feels so weird.

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Exiting the bunker was harder than it looked, a few times I nearly lost my balance off the ladder. Luckily James was there to catch me.

He opened the hatch and helped me out before closing it.

"James, I do not regret what we did." I broke the silence that had engulfed us. A frown never left his face. "I enjoyed being so close to you."

"I did too, but now, I don't want to see you hurt, Jewels. I love you so much."

I leant in and kissed his cheek. "And I ... l—"

A noise outside causes both of us to jump. James snakes his hand around my waist, pulling me to him while he holds a gun in his free hand.

We exited the building with ease. It was quiet, too quiet. No noise, no one was around.

James removed his hand from me and grips the gun with both hands. "Stay behind me," he instructed, and I do as he says.

But someone grabs me, placing their hand over my mouth and pulls me away from James. I did not see my attacker because I suddenly feel a pain at the back of my head.

And my vision fails me

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