Ruined by Desire
He fired a message off to Luca and prayed she'd listen to him.
By late afternoon, the exhaustion had settled into her bones. Her head throbbed. Her vision blurred at the edges. Her breath felt shallow. She pushed through it, refusing to slow down, refusing to let anyone see the cracks forming. But the cracks were there. She felt them when she snapped at an assistant for moving a reflector too slowly. She felt them when she misjudged the lighting and had to redo an entire sequence. She felt them when Marc placed a hand on her shoulder and said, “Take a break,” and she pulled away too quickly.