“I won’t.” Kai’s voice cracked. “But it’s… it’s too much.”
“I see you,” River said softly.
The touch was featherlight, but the sensation— god , the sensation—bloomed like a goldenrod supernova behind Kai’s closed eyes. River gasped. They felt it too: a shared shimmer, as if their skin had become a single membrane. 3-D Sex and Zen Extreme Ecstasy 3D SBS -2011- -...
“No.” River covered Kai’s hand, pressing it flat. “It’s exactly enough. The ‘too much’—that’s just your old self dying. Let it. I’ll catch you.”
“Granted.”
“Don’t pull away,” River whispered.
“Good,” Kai replied, eyes still closed, smiling. “Because I’m not sure where I end anymore.” “I won’t
Kai’s breath broke into a sob, then a laugh, then a long, shuddering sigh. The ecstasy did not spike or crash. It widened —like a lake accepting a river. In that widening, Kai felt the bond as a living thing: warm, curious, utterly unafraid. And for the first time in forty-two years, Kai surrendered not to a practice, but to a person.