Laura's breathing picks up, her aim to evoke in him something so primal and hungry was rewarding. This is the kind of chase she wants and had been searching for so long for. This is what makes her feel her heartbeat in her ears and the blood surging through her veins. Each individual shiver and every goosebump that assaults her body over and over again with every new thing he does to her.

That's right. You're not dead anymore. Feel him. Trust him. Let him remind you.

Her head drops forward and her bottom lip drags loosely from his wrist up his forearm. Keeping still isn't possible but she reaches behind and pulls him closer, as if it will do anything while her other holds her balance in the blankets.