Shitty deal. Guys are ass holes. Short. Sorry. Read and reply.

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Lera opened her eyes, the warmth of another body pressing against her. She could see the flurries of snow showering down from the sky in a veil of white powder. She had lost track of time. She couldn't see the sun peeking through the snow, so she had no notion of what time it was.

She rose from her bed, her body ached, but she was unsettlingly happy. Behind her she heard Joel sigh. She turned around. Joel was lying on his back the blanket covered his lower body, but his tanned, taunt chest was revealed. Lera let her eyes roam across his exposed body. He was beautiful. She loved him more than anything else in the world.

"Hm." Joel mumbled, sleepily.

"What was that?" Lera asked, forgetting her quest for the time and slunk back under the covers, the tantalizing warmth calling to her. She snuggled against him.

"I said, Your good. Was that your first time?" He asked, draping an arm around her shoulder in a friendly manner.

Lera felt a blush rise on her cheeks. She felt like they were so. intimate now, after their joining. Apparently he still considered her a buddy. From the way he hung his arm around her shoulders.

She nodded, biting her lip. Joel laughed at her blush and climbed out of the bed. Dressing casually and moving to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"I have errands to run, people to see and things to do." Joel replied, buttoning up his pants.

Lera must have looked confused because Joel suddenly sat down on the end of her bed and looked sympathetically at her.

"Oh.you didn't think that we were a 'thing'?" He asked, "Did you?"

Lera frowned and looked away. She didn't understand what was going on. She hand't imagined the morning.

"Aww.That's cute. You thought I would go on to be a Wild Mage with you by my side?" Joel laughed, but Lera found it more cruel and taunting than comforting, as usual.

"What are you talking about?" Lera asked. She trusted Joel. She loved him. He loved her.

"My dear girl. My dear, Gullible Girl. I wanted a piece of your ass. I got it. I gotta go now though, dearie. Daine is planning on meeting me in the fields for a lesson. More ladies waiting. Cant have me all to yourself.That wouldn't be fair."

Joel waved good-bye, leering at her from the doorway, and left.

Lera count breath. She was going to die. She didn't understand. He loved her. He did love her. She could feel her body. She felt completely detached. It didn't seem real. Only few short hours before she could feel how much he loved her. His heart beating in unison with hers when they made love.

Lera lay back against her pillow. No tears came. She didn't know what to do. She had not imagined, in her deepest nightmares that she would be betrayed by the only man who had not yet used her trust.