i thought what i had written could be a very long last chapter, but then i changed my mind and will just split it into 3 more chapters. lol. thanks for reading! i had fun writing this, but there were also a lot of frustrating moments. lol. but if a lot of people come and read it, i'll be happy. =) will be happier if people actually fav/review, though. hehe. (BTW, if you like romance novels, Gentle Feuding by Johanna Lindsey is awesomeeeeeee. love love love it. and i'm reading Gentle Rogue by the same author, and it's also very sexy and great. lol. you can buy them in ebook form on Google Play.)


Daniel moved in with Roland. Their apartment was not that far away from where he used to live, but not being able to see Luce everyday was very difficult at first. She sent him a lot of text messages and cute pictures of herself. He had to resist the urge to reply to them right away or he'd end up on the phone with her all day. Daniel had to remind himself there was a reason why he had to move out. And she was dating Cam now, after all. But he still ended up having long video chats with her sometimes. It was kind of a relief that he could still see her but could not touch her even if he wanted to.

By the time he went home for spring break, it had been three months that he had been gone. Their parents and most of all, Luce were very happy to see him. He was a bit nervous about staying there for a whole week, but he figured he could always leave early if things didn't work out the way he wanted. He wasn't sure what he wanted to happen. Daniel just knew he loved spending time with Luce, even only as a brother.

He liked everything about her. Her smile, her laughter, her voice. The funny faces she could make, how fast she could swim, the way she picked at her food when she was full. What he liked most about her was she genuinely cared about her friends and family. She was a smart, strong girl who would have a bright future, if not for the curse that always made her die too young. Daniel hoped in this lifetime, she would be able to live a long life and he could see her become a beautiful, successful, happy woman.

Right now she was still only sixteen, a few months from turning seventeen. Daniel and Luce were both happy to be under the same roof again. They watched television together, did chores together, ate dinner with their parents together. It seemed almost like old times. Except that everytime they accidentally touched, Daniel's skin felt tingly and hot, and they would look at each other awkwardly. He found his eyes drifting to wherever she was and sometimes she would catch him looking at her or he would catch her looking at him. Whenever she took a shower, he had to listen to music with his headphones on to prevent himself from imagining her naked and wishing he could join her. Once, they were fighting over the TV remote and they wrestled back and forth, laughing, before Daniel finally pinned her down on the couch and grabbed it from her hand. They stared at each other for a full minute before Daniel climbed off of her and quickly ran to his room. It was torture, being so close to her, but not being able to love her the way he wanted to. And he felt guilty because she was taken. Cam would be furious, and rightfully so, if he knew about this.

Daniel knew things had gone too far when Luce started sneaking in his bedroom and sleeping next to him at night. Of course, being an angel, he never needed to sleep unless he had used up a lot of energy flying long distances or maybe if he was injured or emotionally exhausted. But Luce didn't know that. So he had to pretend to sleep as she laid right next to him. The second time she did it, he decided he had to put a stop to it. As she quietly laid down next to him, Daniel sat up, startling her.

"Luce, you've gotta stop doing this. Even if you weren't dating Cam, we shouldn't be sleeping together. You should know better," He said. He turned on his lamp.

"I'm sorry..." She mumbled. "I just missed you so much. And I...broke up with Cam recently. I realized I only dated him to make you jealous and I feel really bad about it. He's a nice guy, but he's not...the one."

"Luce...I'm sorry you two broke up. I'm sorry about pretending that Arriane was my girlfriend, too." Daniel sat down on the bed beside her. "But you know I can't be "the one" either. You have to stop thinking about me like that. Just think of me as your older brother," Daniel said.

"I can't. What about you? Can you do it? Think of me as only your little sister?" She leaned closer, making him uncomfortable. "I've seen the way you look at me. I see how you react when our hands or legs brush against each other. I know you were turned on when we fought for the remote the other day...so was I."

Daniel swallowed nervously. "I admit I'm having trouble repressing my feelings for you, but I will keep trying."

"But we aren't really siblings, Daniel. If it bothers you so much, we don't have to kiss on the mouth or do anything sexual. But please...please tell me that you like me. That you want me. Flirt with me...touch me. Even for just the few days left that you're here. Please, Daniel!" She looked at him with sad, pleading eyes and held his hands tightly.

"Luce..." Daniel let out a long sigh and knew he had to give in. He was dying to touch her and be close to her, anyway. Maybe a few days of this wouldn't hurt. "Okay, but we have to be careful. I don't want our parents to find out."

"Oh, Daniel! Thank you. I'll be careful, I'll do whatever you say." She hugged him and he hugged her back.

"No, thank YOU, Lucinda," he whispered as he grinned at her.

She insisted that cuddling was not sexual and should be allowed. Daniel reluctantly agreed, trying hard not to get aroused as he held her from behind as she slept. But once she had fallen asleep, he slowly let her go and made sure there was a significant gap between their bodies.

The next few days were heavenly. The sexual tension was so overwhelming when they were in a room together that he was surprised their parents couldn't sense it. They whispered sweet and naughty things to each other right in front of them and held hands or lazily stroked each other's arms or legs underneath the table as they ate dinner. Daniel kept pretending to bump into Luce while she found ways to "accidentally" touch him. Having to keep their forbidden love a secret made things even more exciting and arousing for them. Sometimes Luce even sat on his lap as they watched television, or he would rest his head on her lap as they watched a movie. Cuddling in Daniel's bed at night became less and less innocent as Luce or Daniel would start to touch or kiss each other in certain places that would turn them on. It was a sweet torture, but they couldn't stop. Even though they preferred to stay home together, they also went out on dates, sort of. They went to the movies, ate dinner at romantic restaurants, took walks on the beach, wandered around the mall, and had picnics at the park. They almost felt like a real couple.

The night before Daniel had to leave, they were feeling particularly naughty. It was late and their parents had gone to sleep. They were sitting on his bed, watching a movie on Daniel's laptop. Luce was curled up beside him and the laptop was in his lap. It was a love story and the inevitable love scene soon appeared. Daniel tried to fast forward it but Luce wouldn't let him. And so, they watched the whole scene, both becoming very sexually frustrated. When the scene ended, Luce closed the laptop and straddled Daniel.

"I want you so bad, Daniel." She whispered, moaning as she grinded against his erection.

"I want you, Lucinda. I've always wanted you," He breathed. What she was doing felt so good, he was having trouble thinking straight.

Luce leaned in to kiss him, but Daniel managed to pushed her away. "No, we can't."

"Then what can we do? Touch me, Daniel, just touch me." She started kissing his face all over, reaching under his shirt to caress his chest.

"Come here, you naughty girl. I'm going to have to punish you for breaking the rules." Daniel said in a sexy voice.

All the longing and yearning for Luce all this time and for so many lifetimes was making him lose his mind. Especially with her trying so hard to seduce him. Daniel made her lie down on his lap, her belly pressed against his arousal. And he started to spank her. Luce moaned, both from the hardness throbbing against her and from the spanking. Daniel also moaned, and he was even more turned on because she was wearing really short shorts that showed off part of her bottom. He couldn't hold back any longer. He swiftly unbuttoned her shorts and pulled both her shorts and underwear down. Luce gasped as he stroked and squeezed her firm buttocks before continuing to spank her. Daniel was too aroused now. He had to change their position. He motioned for her to support herself and lean over the bed while he grabbed her from behind and started grinding against her while he reached inside her top to grope her breasts. She started calling out his name as he pulled his jeans down, leaving his boxers on and teasingly rubbing his hardness against her bottom and the wet softness between her legs.

"Oh, Lucinda... I've waited for this moment so long. I've fantasized about it so many times." He whispered in her ear, licking and biting her ear. "Please let me fuck you."

"Yes...oh my God. Daniel...please fuck me." She whispered back.

That was exactly what he going to do. And he was going to do it good and hard.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?" Their dad yelled so loudly, they lost their balance and fell on the hardwood floor. His face was pale and his eyes wide with shock.

It turned out that their parents had started suspecting something was going on between the two of them. But they were still very upset that Luce and Daniel would keep it a secret from them and even tried to have sex right in their house. Even though it was not technically incest, but it still felt wrong to them. They made Daniel and Luce promise to stop seeing each other until Luce had finished high school, at least. She was still young, and they wanted to make sure Daniel was not manipulating her. They thought that by the time she was eighteen and more mature and had moved out, she could make a better decision. Daniel and Luce promised.