We were a mess of tongues and teeth. Hands roamed freely, exploring every crevice we had to offer. Bastian pressed my back into the hard wall behind me. Caged me in. My fingers locked into his hair, tugging at the roots. He tasted like home. Tasted like everything I have been starved of for so long. Ecstasy crawled up my spine, leaving a tingling in its wake. The feel of his body pressed so close had me gasping for air. Had my mind screaming at me to claim more of him. All of him. Everything else in the world was forgotten. Nothing else mattered except for him and this moment. This split second of heaven in an otherwise brutal reality. Bastian trailed his hand down my side, igniting my skin in quick bursts. And when he gripped my hip, drawing me even closer to him, I could have combus

