~ELYSIA~
I awoke the next morning to the soft light of dawn filtering through the curtains, my body feeling both exhausted and alive in a way that was unfamiliar. The sheets were tangled around me, the night seeming more like a feverish dream than reality. The events played out in my mind, vivid and intense, yet tinged with a sense of unreality. Did I really have s*x with Alex and some other man in such a carnally charged way?
My face flushed with heat, partly from embarrassment, partly from remembrance. WIth a sigh, I blinked away the last vestiges of sleep, and sat up, looking around my apartment. My clothes from last night were scattered across the floor, a silent testament to the evening.
With another sigh, and unable to believe my behavior of the night before, I pushed myself from
