After spending an entire day in Dorian’s bedroom, being taught things about my body that even I was oblivious to, it was time to face the world once again. I wanted to hang onto Dorian and our peace for at least another day since I was learning so much, but we knew that our window to take down Erik was closing fast. Even though we didn’t go any further than exploring each other’s bodies, I felt so much more connected than ever to Dorian. He said that he could show me things, and makes me feel things that I never felt before but none of it was compared to how it would feel once we had s*x for the first time, if that was something that I wanted. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to dive fully deep with Dorian, but every day that I spent with him, the more I leaned toward yes. Everyone was meeting