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Ellie found that she had a greater respect for indecency laws as her eyes dropped involuntarily to Adam’s chest. Even when still slightly filthy and moderately bruised, that torso could cause a riot.
He grinned down at her.

Honestly girl same!!! I have a thing for pecs and abs.

Ellie’s dreams were big. They were dangerous.
The bigger the dream, the greater the sacrifice.
What would Ellie be willing to sacrifice to pay for her big, dangerous dreams?

“May I kiss you back?” Adam asked as his hands tightened on her.


This is soooo cute!!

“Word of this gets back to London, what do you think is going to happen?” he demanded.
“Maybe word of it doesn’t need to get back to anyone,” Ellie suggested uneasily.
“So—what? We just lie to everybody for the rest of our lives? One of my best friends? Your brother ?” he emphasized.

Omg he was so hot and now he's being like this... and like I know!! Different time periods and different rules but holy shit

“ No, You protected me from Jacobs. You took a chance on my map. You—you lost your boat , and you never once made me feel like it was my fault. You treated me like an equal partner—like… like a colleague when you were the one with all the knowledge of how to get where we were going.... “

Especially that you throw his lucky rock, and he still protecting you 😂

Ellie didn’t move. She barely breathed as that coiled, ravenous beast inside of her hissed its low demands until she was finally graced with oblivion.

Girl, live a lil who cares!!! Says the virgin, btw 💀

“Fight with me,” he repeated, calling out the words over the relentless cascade. “Tell me why we should keep going.”
“I… I’m not sure that we should,” Ellie admitted, stammering out the reply.
“Wrong answer,” Bates returned flatly.
“You said it was a bad idea!” she accused, rising from where she sat at the bow.
“What do I know about it?”


I love him for this.

What's up with her dreams???!! Is it the medallion? 👀

So he has ADHD doesn't he? Alsooo he's one of her step brother's friends from university ahhh it's soo meant to be!

He was taller than her. With his feet in the muddy bottom of the river, the water came roughly to the bottom of his ribcage.
Ellie was able to make this measurement with greater accuracy as he promptly yanked his shirt over his head, exposing an alarming and entirely indecent expanse of chiseled male flesh.

Girl, describe his abs more!! I have a thing for abs leave me alone 🤣