Burning Need

Clara

It was hot. So hot I could barely feel myself anymore.

Heat crawled beneath my skin like fire, burning from the inside out. My breaths came short, each one feeling heavier than the last. I touched my neck, then my chest, feeling how fast my heart was hammering, how my pulse jumped wildly beneath my fingertips. Tears blurred my vision again and again, sliding down my cheeks as I tried to pull