'Lets get out of here.' His breathing was ragged, pained. I dragged one fingernail down his forearm, my fingers alight as the adrenaline inside him became something else.
'What you said in there.' We were back in the hallway, talking in hushed tones, Maddy long gone. His eyes scoured mine, bringing every bubbling emotion back to the surface, this unrelenting ability he had to make me lose control, blur everything out and concentrate only on him.
'I meant every word I said.' I held those eyes, defiantly.
He grinned, eyes still bloodshot, but if anyone was to pull him out of this it had to be me. I needed it to be me. I'd never wanted anything so fiercely.
'I thought you'd push me away. Being in there. It was so brutal.' That was the truth, an understatement of the truth.
We left thr
