Is this destiny?

Sarah is standing in the hallway on the fourth floor, in front of the door of a suite.

Eve told her that Aiden is with Madison in that suite for more than nine minutes. That is nine minutes too long. Sarah is trying to brace herself for what she might see when the door in front of her opens. She knows that Aiden is drugged with a concentrated cocktail of chemicals which cause euphoria, arousal, disorientation, and hallucinations.

Sarah is hesitating. Does she need to open that door? Her soul is breaking into pieces at the thought that Aiden is touching Madison right now, on the other side of that door. Even if he is not himself, it\'s still his body... it is him. More than once Sarah thought that she should just leave. She should spare herself from seeing him with another woman… but she can\'t. Even if she leaves, what will she do later? In the morning? Next week?

She can\'t allow rage and despair to consume her, and she can\'t run away from this either because he needs her.

"Eve, unlock this door…", Sarah weakly said.

A second later, a clicking sound was heard and a green light lit up above the door handle.

Sarah took a deep breath which hitched few times and pushed the door open while closing her eyes. She clenched her teeth, opened her eyes and stepped inside.

Sarah walked through the sitting area to the bedroom and opened fully the half open door.

She found Madison on the bed, tied up… bottom of her dress is ripped, and she is tied up to the bed with a strip of fabric which matches her dress. Madison is wiggling and making some unintelligible noise… there is a strip of fabric over her mouth as well. Sarah is not sure what to make of this, and she needed few seconds to analyze the situation... Madison is tied up and gagged. Because her dress is ripped, Sarah can see that Madison\'s underwear is intact. That means that nothing happened between Aiden and Madison!

Sarah exhaled in relief, but… where is Aiden?

There is a sound of water running coming from the bathroom.

Sarah found Aiden sitting on the floor of the shower, fully clothed with his eyes closed. He was hugging his knees and trembling violently. Sarah reached in and found that the water in the shower is cold. She turned off the shower.

"Stay away!", Aiden growled. He didn\'t open his eyes. His voice was hoarse.

Sarah grabbed a towel and reached to him, but as soon as she touched him, Aiden pushed her away abruptly. Her back banged on the shower wall and she heard him say: "I told you to stay away, you slut!"

Sarah realized that he thinks she is Madison.

"Hey, love, it\'s me…", Sarah softly said while approaching him slowly.

"Sarah?", he opened his eyes and Sarah\'s heart stopped beating when she saw how red his eyes are. It seems that some blood vessels in his eyes burst due to high blood pressure.

Aiden reached out and clenched Sarah\'s hand in his.

"Sarah, love... I didn\'t touch her… I didn\'t… believe me… please, you must believe me… I didn\'t touch her… don\'t leave me… I didn\'t touch her... and I didn\'t let her touch me either... please, you must believe me... I didn\'t...", Aiden chanted while his voice was breaking.

Between rage directed at Madison and sorrow she felt that Aiden in this state, Sarah struggled to stay composed.

"I believe you, come."

"No! Stay away!", he extended his arms in front of him, to keep her at a distance. "Start the shower again…"

"It\'s OK. Come… It\'s me…", Sarah wrapped large towel around him. "Come, let\'s go to our room."

Sarah supported Aiden while he dragged his legs. On the way out, she saw broken glass and some blood, only then she realized that he has a cut on his left forearm.

Sarah\'s heart trembled at the thoughts that he cut himself, using pain so that he stays alert. The blood loss also lowered his blood pressure… and he tied up Madison so that she can\'t come at him… and he was in the cold shower in order to keep his control.

Two of them ignored Madison on their way out. Sarah was completely focused on Aiden, and he was immersed in fighting against the chemicals in his body.

They got inside their suite and Sarah quickly removed his soaked clothes. Everything was so cold, almost freezing.

"Stay away!", he pushed her suddenly while she unbuttoned his pants. "Touch me again and I will kill you!"

She can see that he is drifting between reality and hallucinations.

"Aiden, love… it\'s me…", Sarah struggled to talk calmly while getting off the floor.

"Sarah? Is it really you?", he asked with a shaky voice.

His eyes were open, but unable to hold focus, and his pupils were dilated.

"Yes… it\'s me… it\'s me…", Sarah confirmed over and over again, unsure if he can even hear her.

"Come to the bed.", she wanted to warm him up.

"I need to stay cold, to lower my temperature and heart rate…", he protested.

Sarah saw that his whole body is trembling, and tips of his fingers and toes are blue. "You will get sick like this, come… listen to me, please."

Even with spare blankets and comforters, he was still shaking.

Sarah knows survival techniques, and the best way to warm up someone is by sharing body temperature. She removed her clothes and got under the covers.

"No! You tramp! I said I will kill you and I\'m not joking!", Aiden hit Sarah in the chest with intention to push her off the bed, but she grabbed his arm and managed to stay on it.

She gritted her teeth due to pain. "It\'s OK. It\'s me…"

"Sarah?" Aiden was not sure if he can believe his senses. Everything was mixed up and blurry.

"Yes, it\'s me…", she scooted close to him and hugged him tightly.

Aiden wrapped his arms around Sarah and inhaled her scent. Few breaths later, he started pushing her away. With the cold disappearing, he was getting consumed by the arousal… and Sarah sticking close to him was not helping him control his behavior.

"Sarah, this is not a good idea… please, stay away from me…", Aiden struggled to talk.

Sarah understood why he is pushing her away. She can feel his erection pressing on her body.

"No, you need me."

"Sarah, love… I can\'t hold back… and this is not me…", Aiden weakly said.

She was not willing to let go, no matter how much he tried to push her away.

"It is you. All this is you… and you don\'t need to hold back, not with me." Sarah held onto him tighter than ever before and locked her lips with his in a shaky kiss.

Sarah\'s warmth, scent and flavor mixed into his body and he lost his last ounce of control against the drug cocktail which invaded him.

In one swift move, Aiden flipped both of them, and he was on top of Sarah.

With a fierce jab, he announced a beginning of a very long night.

Aiden\'s vigor and stamina are enviable as-is and chemicals in his body enhanced them several folds.

Numerous times Aiden drifted into drug-induced-illusions. More than once he would push Sarah away, fearing that it\'s someone else. And there were other occasions when his mind cleared up briefly and he would apologize for everything that is happening. In both cases (and anything in-between) Sarah held onto him tightly and breathlessly repeated that it\'s OK… reminding him that he is embracing her, and that she will not leave his side, and that they will get through this… together.

At exactly 11 PM, magnificent fireworks blasted over the ocean signaling the end of the wedding party.

Through large windows of their bedroom suite, colorful display of lights illuminated intertwined naked bodies of Sarah and Aiden, but neither of them noticed anything happening outside confinement of their bed.

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