#CHAPTER 37 - Monstrous

I was breathing heavily trying to gather my senses. My head pounded as the fog in my mind was slowly clearing as flashes of what I had just done danced in my mind. My body tingled with a calm sensation that slowly was replaced by unease. I remembered skin on skin, Lorenzo’s body on mine, our hands interlaced, pressure building more and more until finally, sweet release. Lorenzo and I had made love. I was distantly aware of the fact that I was currently laid naked on his chest, rising and falling with his breath. I took in my surroundings, trying to remember where in the palace I was and how I’d arrived here. It was a small room that must have been a lounge, cozy and intimate. It was dark outside, the clock read midnight — we had fallen asleep together. My heartbeat began to rise as I realized what had happened. Why had I agreed to that? Why couldn’t I remember much more than running out of the dining hall? Had Lorenzo done this to corrupt me? We had broken the taboo of flesh, somet