I met Alec’s gaze, feeling a spark of anger twist my stomach. I wasn’t willing to take any blame for what Cooper had done.
Alec’s eyes were calmer than I’d ever seen them. It was as if he’d gone through some terrible trial and come out the other side – changed.
“We created him,” he said.
“What?”
“You know we did, Petra. At least I did.”
I opened my mouth. Alec shook his head and put a finger gently on my lips.
“No, Petra. It’s true. It might have been an accident but I did kill Cooper’s father. If it hadn’t been for that his life might have taken a completely different direction.”
I sighed. “It wasn’t just losing his father, Alec. He was pathologically obsessed with me. I never realized how much until St. Peter’s, when you were bargaining with him.”
Alec nodded.
“He was a victim just as much as anyone else, Petra.”
I felt another surge of anger and indignation.
“But he still has to pay, Alec. He can’t just get off scot-free. What about the families of the people he killed?”
Alec shook his head again.
“He didn’t get off scot-free, Petra. For one thing, he doesn’t work for the FBI anymore.”
“What did you do?” I said, not sure whether to be curious or angry.
Alec smiled.
“Like I said, Petra I got inside his mind and gave him a push. Rearranged the deck chairs, so to speak. Cooper resigned from the FBI. He’s going to live in a nice quiet college town and take up teaching. He has a talent for it.”
I gaped.
“But…”
Alec put his mouth over my open lips and pushed his tongue against mine. I could feel his pecs against my breasts, and his hardness against my tummy. I kissed him back as if nothing else mattered. Because it didn’t.
Alec was probably right. Cooper had done some terrible things but he was, in a way, a victim as well. Maybe I’d never quite see it like Alec did, but perhaps in time I’d accept it.
Alec leaned forward and kissed me on the forehead.
“Jesus,” I said, pushing him away suddenly, and reaching for my chest. “What about that defibrillator?”
Alec smiled. “You deactivated it.”
“What?”
“I’m not the only one with an ability, Petra.”
He was kissing me on the cheek now, and caressing my neck with his hand. I wanted him badly, but I pushed him away again, holding him at arm’s length.
He sighed but his lips were still upturned.
“You did it, Petra. Don’t ask me to explain it. I’m not sure I can.”
He kissed me on the lips, and ran his hand along my belly downwards until his fingers lightly touched my clit. I broke away from his lips, craning my neck back and moaning. I’d waited so long for this moment; now that it was here it hardly seemed real. Alec whispered in my ear.
“I want to make love to you now.” I felt a hot flush surge through me. I knew why he’d said it like that. We’d had sex before, in Rome. But it had been different. We hadn’t truly known who we were then and what we meant to each other. But we did now. We were linked and always would be in a way no one else could understand.
Alec’s fingers ran over my breast and my nipple sprung up. His thigh slid between my legs, pushing them apart. My hands dug into his back as if I wanted to hold onto him forever. But I had no reason to worry. Somehow I knew that Alec was here to stay. I’d found my dream man in the real world, and had my last dream.
THE END.
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