I have never looked so closely into someone's eyes before. It scares me as to what I will get to see there. Rather...who will I get to see? The little girl who had a happy, perfect life or the grown-up woman who neither knew happiness nor what her life was really about to begin with.
I have never been this close to anyone either. No woman and definitely not a man. But he was closer than closer can get. His smell invaded my senses, his taste still lingered in my mouth. Everything about him, from the way he gazed at me, dark eyes holding mine and making me forget how to breathe, his hot breath fanning my face while calloused fingers caressed my cheeks tenderly screamed the word danger. Because he was a man. And he was touching me. And I had no idea how I felt.
"You, baby girl...are going
