The lack of oxygen eventually forced them to pull away, both breathing heavily.
Eilika slowly opened her eyes, her gaze searching his. A flicker of anxiety touched her heart; she desperately wanted to know if he had hated her lack of experience.
"How was it?" she asked, the question tumbling out before she could lose her nerve.
"Good," Damian replied, his voice low and steady.
"Really? I'm a novice. You had to practically give me a lesson," she whispered, her cheeks still flushed from the heat of the moment.
"You listened and did well," he assured her, his tone softening. He shifted to lie beside her, a genuine smile returning to his face as he watched her.
Eilika couldn't hide her own smile. Her first kiss had been more than she ever imagined; for those few seconds, the world outside the wooden house had ceased to exist.
"Joanna said something to me before we came out today," she said suddenly, the memory surfacing in the newfound intimacy of the room.
