"The days that followed were an inexplicable blur of heated flesh, tangled limbs, and gasping pleasure—all sought out with reckless abandon. The moment Kieran had touched me behind closed doors, the very second his mouth had met mine, it was as though I had never been touched before... Greedily, I took, and graciously, he gave... This wasn’t just lust, it was lunacy—and I was blissfully lost in this mutual madness of ours." — Arken Asher, Of Blood and Aether