Free Helios Awakened (The Helios Chronicles #1) by Tawa M. Witko Page A

started to approach the shore. “If you want to hang out again, I am so there. You don’t need to hide out at that trailer park all the time.”
    “Thanks, Jay. I will have to take you up on that,” Andrew said as they started walking up to the girls.
    “I still work on a lot of bikes so maybe you can help me sometimes.”
    “That would be great. Aaron helps me get a lot of under the table jobs but I would love to come help you out.”
    “Sounds like a plan then,” Jayden said with a smile.
    As Andrew and Jayden reached the shore they realized that Callie was already gone and at the table, leaving Madison alone. Jayden waved at Andrew as he headed in Callie’s direction. Madison was lying on her stomach with her hair to the side and the strap of her bikini top undone exposing her beautiful back. His eyes roamed down her body and stopped at her shapely ass and then down her long, lean legs and then back up to her ass again. He swallowed reflexively as he sat down next to her.
    “Like what you see?” Madison asked, glancing at his now reddened face.
    “A man would have to be dead not too,” Andrew quickly replied.
    Madison smiled and held on to the top of her bikini as she sat up, turning her back to him. She then glanced over her shoulder, offering him a sexy smile.
    “Can you snap me up, Jet Boy?”
    She giggled as Andrew rolled his eyes at her feeble attempt to come up with a suitable nickname for him. He hooked her top and in the process allowed his fingers to lightly graze her back. He smiled when her skin pebbled under his touch. She turned around and watched him intently. His body was still dripping wet and his face was flushed with excitement. She smiled at his hair which was now a chaotic mess atop his head and his eyes sparkled in the afterglow of his adventure on the water. Before she realized what she was doing she had brought her hand to his face and was lightly touching the stubble he had along his jaw. He took a deep breath and was now looking at her with lost and scared eyes. Eyes that made her instantly want to comfort him. She hesitated for only a moment before her lips moved to his.
    Andrew was lost in the sensation. He felt every nuance of her soft lips and when her mouth parted, his tongue entered hers without haste, exploring her, breathing her, consuming her. His whole body became a part of the kiss as he pulled her close to him, wrapping his hand in her hair while his other hand moved down to her lower back, pulling her body flush to his. It was as if at that moment everything was right in the world. He hadn’t been in prison, he hadn’t had a messed up childhood and he was not branded with a scarlet letter that would forever mark him to the world. No, in that moment, he found solace. In that moment, she washed it all away and made him... clean.

6 NOT SO HAPPY ENDING
    Madison had never kissed anyone the way she was at the moment. Andrew was intense; it was as if he couldn’t get enough, like if he stopped the world would stop as well. She could barely breathe but couldn’t bear to break their connection, so she continued until her body betrayed her and she was forced to separate from him, gasping and exhilarated. She placed her head in the crook of his neck, her breathing labored and her heart racing. After a few moments, she began to lay several soft kisses there, feeling his body tremble at the contact.
    Andrew wasn’t sure what he should say or do, all he knew was that what had just happened had set his entire body on fire and he was pretty certain that he wouldn’t be able to get up anytime soon. He had never experienced anything like that and longed to experience it again. Without thinking, he pulled her onto his lap and, to his surprise, she didn’t resist, instead she wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into his neck even more. With a soft breath he kissed her lightly atop her head.
    “Madison.” It was the only sound he was able to mutter.
    “That was... amazing,”