Avery
Being with Darrius in this huge barrel-like tub had was sheer indulgence. Everywhere he touched me I felt branded as though he was leaving a fiery mark upon my flesh. In his arms, the world faded and all that was left was us... primal and raw and desperate for one another. That's what I craved whenever I wasn't with him, and I wished there was a way we could hide away from the world and it be just the two of us. His warmth and touch had ensured me that I was still alive.
When the creature had taken me into the blackness, it was like nothing existed. No light. No air. Nothing. I was drowning and I thought I was going to die. All I could think about was how much I wanted to live and that my mom hadn't gotten to say goodbye and I didn't want to do the same to Darrius, Malcolm, or Sim
