Chapter 88: The Lagoon’s Midnight Heat

As midnight nears, we wait inland, letting Ramirez finalize the boat's repairs. Elena and I slip away to the lagoon—our silent sanctuary under the starlit sky. She's restless, heart pounding from the new threat.I press her against a mossy rock, capturing her mouth in a fierce kiss. Desire flares instantly, her body arching into mine. She breaks the kiss only to murmur, "I need you… I need to feel alive again."We shed clothes in a hurried flurry, the lagoon's soft ripple masking our moans. She wraps her legs around my waist, guiding me in, the water swirling around us. The danger we face outside fuels a nearly frantic, R18 urgency. Our gasps echo off stone, an erotic anthem to survival. When we resurface, breathless and shaking, we clutch each other, dreading what midnight might bring.