**Prologue**
I look down at the beautiful woman lying, naked, before me. I desire her more than any before, or any that will come after, and the look in her eyes tells me she feels the same way. “Come to me,” she says quietly while reaching a hand out to me. “I need you.” I cannot deny her plea, I’m a junkie, and she is my drug of choice. I go to her, our lips meet, and our tongues begin their dance, and as our mouths mingle, our insistent hands explore one another’s bodies. Soon the hunger becomes too much. “Now,” she tells me breathlessly. “I can’t wait any longer.” I kiss her one last time, long and hard, and then as I look into her eyes, I enter her warmth with a single strong thrust. She moans under me as I make love to her, and at that moment, there is nothing left in existence but us. Our coupling is electric but as perfect as it is, our union is beyond forbidden.
**Part 1**
We can never truly guess what life has in store for us. The best we can do is just try and be ready for what could come along, but sometimes there’s no way to prepare for things. That’s how that summer was for me.