Midnight Cravings

Previously

…The fear was still there, a cold knot in my stomach, but it was now intertwined with a fierce, burning curiosity. This was it. The leap. The dare. I met Elias's gaze, a newfound resolve hardening my own. "Yes," I said, my voice steady, clear, and surprisingly firm. "Yes, Elias. I am." A slow, triumphant smile spread across his face, and in that moment, under the silent gaze of the stars, I felt the first true stirrings of a passion I had long believed was lost to me forever. The night was young, and for the first time, so was I.