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I sense hi ht of his face, his lips parted, his eyes dark and lustful

I don’t even know hi to combust from the nearness of him When he , even when he slants into me I arch my back, and his chest follows the path ofaround me, yet he still doesn’t touch me

He tips his head forward and our lips are only inches away; his breath dusting my lips, my cheeks The front of his shirt brushes my neckline and a moan does escape my lips

As the music continues to pulsate, he lets out a deep moan too and the sound is erotic and causesto kissto feel what those soft lips of his taste like

"Ember," he whispers and then shuts his eyes

Lickingto happen next I wait and wait and when I can’t take it any longer, I open one Vanished into thin air I stand back upright, scanning the crowd, but I can’t find him anywhere "He didn’t even telllike an idiot Not only did I break all asmed in front of hi h the intoxicating feelings still pulsating through me, I search the mob of people for Raven

I check up the stairway and then search the crowd, finally spotting the top of Raven’s pink head bobbing up and down in theup their instruet hectic Inhaling, I tuck in e of the room, careful not to come into contact with anyone

"Raven!" I holler over thedescends further into the crowd I pressnot to run into anyone

Res, stands up on a chair "Alright, guys! Are you ready?" She motions her heavily inked ar Up Mayhes and the singer shouts "Is everyone ready?!"

Okay, tiet out of--

The band begins to play a raging song and everyone goes wild The house rocks and bottles rattle against the hardwood floor Elbows and shoulders sh my veins

"I can’t breathe" I rush toward the door Blood Pain The silence of a heart… the shadow of trees… the blackened lake Bones breaking Someone can’t breathe It hurts… there’s so led away A red "X" stains it all An elass Murder My body twitches I seek the faces of the people nearby, but I can’t tell who the death o bodies Hospital bed Old age Broken heart Sacrifice I can’t endure it any longer I knock people out of my way as I run for the front door

"Hey, watch it!" so for air Two guys are drinking beer on the front porch and I shove the their death omens, and sprint across the trashed front yard I stop in thewith sweat, voht orb against the sky and the stars cut it like dia the cabin sith the wind and kick up leaves across the grass

I hunch over, brace ether, Ember," I whisper to myself "Death is death, in any shape or forether and head back to the log cabin, ready to find Raven and tell her it’s ti on ht

Cars are lined bu it nearly iet out, but a rusted black Cadillac drives around the line, the wheels uirl inks her sapphire blue eye at ?" I wave at her and hurry toward the car She knows better than to get into a car with souy, especially one I just had a death omen about "Get out of the car!"

She blowsas the car speeds off, kicking up dirt and gravel

"Dammit, Raven" I chase the car down the driveway and into the trees, following it all the way to the highhere it vanishes into the night I stare down the desolate road and tug h my hair, out of breath "Shit" I pull out nal" I run back down the driveway to ed between a truck and aon fixing it up, but then he disappeared It’s been three years since it happened, but it still hurts to think about him, especially because I don’t know if he’s dead or alive