When Masha approached me and I ran for my life, in that moment of panic, my mind raced to Christian, not Jonas. It wasn't the fear of death that consumed me, but the thought of leaving him alone. In that moment, which I guess wasn't even a second long, I missed him billions and trillions of times. I longed for him with every fiber of my being, realizing that what I felt for him was beyond love. In fact, love was just a mere fragment of the overwhelming emotions that consumed me in his presence. The realization hit me like a bolt of lightning, electrifying every nerve in my body. I longed for him with an intensity that surpassed any mere notion of love. In the blink of an eye, my mind became a whirlwind of memories, each one a testament to the depth of my feelings for him. The way his la

