Twenty One: Moments of Insanity

LISA

Perks to moments of insanity?

Yeah, that thing that happened with Axel Ivanov was definitely what I'd call the perk of insanity.

It's been five days since I saw him, five days since our encounter at the alley, not like that could hardly be called an encounter, he had kissed me, and that was the last thing that I expected. I never expected Axel to voluntarily kiss me, to give in to the insane attraction that was burning between us but he had done just that, kissed me deeply till I forgot how to breathe, till I forgot who we were, till I forgot that he was Axel Ivanov and I was Liza Volkov and we were enemies whose families have long been enemies who wouldn't hesitate to wipe each other out at the slightest provocation.

But I didn't quite feel like that in his arms, I didn't feel like that when his tongue plundered my mouth and he held my wrists behind me to kiss me senseless. Instead, I felt a voracious hunger, a voracious desire so strong it consumed my entire being, it impaired