Tiana
“Back exit,” Kaius mouthed, not looking at me.
I grabbed the shawl I’d discarded earlier—when? How long ago? Everything felt both rushed and suspended in time. My hands shook as I wrapped the fabric around myself, trying to cover the evidence of what I had been feeling.
My thighs were still trembling. My underwear embarrassingly, uncomfortably soaked.
Behind me, I heard Zane’s voice through the door.
“Kaius are you in? Open up.”
I forced my feet to work, slipping through the door Kaius indicated with a sharp jerk of his head. The back corridor swallowed me immediately, my breathing sounding too loud in my ears.
The main door unlocked. I heard the creak of hinges, Zane’s voice clearer now.
“I’ve been looking everywhere for you.”
I didn’t wait to hear more.
My feet hit the
