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    Love & War
    Love & War
    Love & War
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    Love & War

    By Saleem Little

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    Tales of Love, Passion, and Crimes of Passion. Written by Saleem Little. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLEXINGTON PRESS
    Release dateDec 29, 2018
    ISBN9781386900917
    Love & War
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    Saleem Little

    Writer, Poet, Publisher - Saleem Little is the author of over ten novels, including the critically acclaimed "Get In, Get Out" and "Crying for Tears", and founder and Owner of Mitanni Publishing LLC. Some of his interest include: writing, reading, traveling, painting and spending time family.

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      Love & War - Saleem Little

      PO Box 5179, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA

      Copyright ©2019 by Saleem Little

      Produced by LEXINGTON PRESS

      PUBLISHER’S NOTE:

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of bot the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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      Love & War

      Book One

      Special

      The Prologue

      Sophia: He read me poems while he talked spiritedly about the life in him that had awakened since meeting me. Staring me in my eyes he read the words...

      "She’s in the house

      She’s at turn after turn

      She’s behind me

      She’s in front of me

      She’s in my bed

      She’s on path after path

      And I’m weak from want of her,

      O heart,

      There is no reality for me

      Other than she, she, she, she..."

      I swear I could sue him for plagiarism Sophia. He had said to me so playfully. I loved him, he was so misunderstood. And the fact that I understood him was my key, it was my personal key to his heart. I became his new existence; I was his breath of life, the only color in his black and white world.

      You’re ruling the way I move, and I breathe your air...

      Sade had sung to him and her romantic sonnets became the ambitions of his inner romantic. His dream woman would personify the lyrics to his favorite Sade songs...I was the embodiment of those lyrics to him.

      We fought once. I said. You don’t really know me.

      He said. I beg to differ.

      I said. Why is that?

      He said. To say I don’t know you is to say I don’t know myself. We’re one in the same.

      How do you figure? I asked.

      How do you figure we’re not? he shot right back.

      Not in the mood to play his game I said, I have a past.

      He simply said,

      And so do I. Every rose has its thorns, and he who wants a rose must respect the thorns. One of the most admired flowers can also be one of the most painful...like love...

      Dante was deep. I always wondered if she knew that side of him. O well, I did, and that’s all that really mattered. We would have run away together, I know it, but she took him away from me before I could tell him that he too had brought me back to life.

      Lena: This man was my world. I couldn’t imagine a life without Dante? What had I done? Why had I decided to play such a stupid game? I could never imagine sharing my fiancé with anoth’... what was I thinking? This man had introduced me to so much in life. He’d broadened my perspective in so many areas and now... here... he... because of... me...here he...lay... His chest heaved...and then...it stopped. His last breath, warm but chilled by death and fogged by the mixture, blew slowly onto my face after I shot him. Lena, he cried... "I’m sorry" he pleaded. And then...he was no more. That scent... mortification... it would stain the fibers of my brain and the hairs of my nose and I would smell the death of Dante forever...My eternal punishment for taking the life of the man I loved... forgive me...

      Curiosity

      Dante shot a quizzical look at Lena. This had to be a setup. There was no way she was asking him this with no ulterior motive or hidden agenda. She had to be asking merely to gauge his response. Dante knew he had to be very careful with his response.

      Listen Lena, if this is one of your little test to see how much I love you...

      No, no... Lena interrupted.

      I promise it’s not a test. I really wanted to know.  I’ve been thinking about it for a while now.  I was actually hoping you wouldn’t get mad at me for suggesting it.

      Mad at you? Dante thought. He had actually been thrilled by the idea. Like most men, and women for that matter, he had long given thought to what a threesome would be like and in his twenty-seven years had yet to experience one. To have two women at once was probably at the top of any man’s list of fantasies. Considering suggesting it may have been seen as a sign of mental infidelity, he had never built up the courage to ask. Dante had always been very committed to his relationship with Lena but was very much interested in her idea. No matter how interested however, he reminded himself to maintain his composure and conceal any excitement.

      "I mean, you know, if that’s something you want to do, if it would make you happy...I guess I would be cool with it."

      Lena smiled.

      Stop it Dante, you know you’ve thought about it before.

      Maybe once or twice... Dante said smiling. He could see that Lena was onto his game.

      Yea right, I bet more than twice.

      You’re probably right, maybe three times. Dante teased.

      Lena shook her head and playfully rolled her eyes at him.

      Ok, you’re right, so I have thought about it before, quite a few times, what man hasn’t?

      Have you done it before? Lena asked, her expression turning serious.

      No.

      Don’t lie to me Dante. It’s not like I’ll be mad.

      "It’s not like I’ll be mad...Why do women say that knowing that if what they hear is not what they want to hear they will get mad?"

      Just answer the question.

      I did, I said no. I’ve thought about it before, yes, but I’ve never actually gone through with the act before.

      Ok, I believe you. Lena said.

      So this would be a new experience for both of us then? She asked still seeking a little more confirmation that Dante hadn’t done this before.

      Yup...cross my heart, hope to die. Dante smiled and finally, Lena did as well.

      There was silence as they both began to imagine what the experience would be like. Dante hoped the other woman would be just as beautiful as Lena and Lena hoped the same.

      Dante glanced over at the King magazine Lena had been reading and felt the need to internally thank the vixen on the cover: Nicki Minaj. Obviously the idea had been prompted by her reading of Nicki Minaj’s article. The thought may had surfaced a long time ago, it’s not unusual for women to be attracted to the beauty of other women, but the trending nature of bisexuality was making more women comfortable with admitting their curiosity and more so, acting on it.

      Lena broke the silence.

      So it’s settled then, we’re definitely gonna try this? She now seemed to be just as excited as Dante was pretending not to be.

      Guess so...

      Well, I think we need to lay down some rules.

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