We had barely arrived at the tent, when we heard that bang of another canon.

"Dya," whispered Escal.

"We have till tomorrow," I answered. Until he'd come and tear my shields apart.

"We better get talking, then." Still holding on to my hand, he let me to the bed, where we sat beside each other, so close that our shoulders touched.

"I think you owe me an explanation."

"I do," I answered. He waited a bit, and waited more. I needed to tell this right. But sometimes, there is no right. Sometimes, you just have to spit it out.

"Connor was a year above me at Hogwarts. We didn't really communicate until my fifth year, when he first noticed me. I was flattered, I guess, but not really interested, and when flirting got boring, I, er, dumped him.

"He was furious. He committed the next months to making my life miserable, and he was succeeding pretty well, when he suddenly just stopped. I thought I'd got rid of him and was just starting to relax, when he caught me alone in a hallway in the Christmas holiday. I said a lot of horrible things to him, but nothing can defend his actions.

"He used the Imperius Curse on me, the one I used on the girl in the Cornucopia. I was under his control in a year and a half, right until he graduated. He had intended to keep me, but I'd started fighting by then." I closed my eyes. "It's not even a bad feeling, that curse. I've never been so happy in my entire life as I was those eighteen months, and it terrifies me." Escal took my hand and rubbed it gently with his thumb.

"But I'd rather die than get back to that." My voice was grave as I realised that was exactly what I was going to do. Die.

"Give me tonight," Escal whisper. "Tonight is mine, tomorrow is the end." Gently I started taking his shirt of him.

We didn't rush this time

We had all night.

We only had tonight.

It's incredible how much you can say with your body when words does not suffice.

And not a word could we say that would satisfy us, not a moment would we waste talking, when our moments were numbered.

We touched each other everywhere, memorised each others bodies.

This, my last night with Escal, would haunt me the rest of my life.

Hello again, guys :3

Sorry the chapter is late, I've been pretty sick o.o

The chapter's a bit short, but I hope you like it ^^

Next chapter will contain the big finale :3

(That might be late too since I'm going to London this Thursday to have fun and buy books o.o But it is on it's way ^^)