What happened after that kiss was something straight out of the deepest parts of my mind— an impossible and forbidden fantasy I have long kept locked away. I am not too proud to admit that I have thought about it. Countless times. And always, only, with Damienne Krul. I have done my best to push it back, locking it away... but I'm only a man, and she happens to be my weakness. A weakness I cannot fight. A weakness that has fully taken over me. I half expected Damienne to say no, to pull back, to punch me out of whatever I was trying to do. And I would have painfully yet gladly accepted it. Because what am I even thinking? What am I even doing? In fact, I almost wish she would say no, turn away from me, turn me away, and let me be a stranger once more or her enemy. Enemies are simpl