Alicia stood frozen, her body stiffening in shock. She had never been kissed before, and the sheer intensity of Adrien's kiss overwhelmed her senses. Her mind went blank, her heart racing as if it had lost all rhythm. His lips were insistent, demanding a response she wasn't sure she could give. She could feel the heat radiating from him, the rawness of his need, but her body, unaccustomed to such intimacy, couldn't keep up. Instinctively, her fingers curled into tight fists at her sides, her knuckles whitening as if bracing herself against the tidal wave of emotions crashing over her.
It was too much. The electricity surging between them, the sudden loss of control—everything felt like a storm within her, just as fierce as the one outside.
