It was reassuring to see that she appeared to have the same effect on him as he on her, that small lean in bringing a smile to her features. Her eye never left his, even as that low vibration of his sent a tremble through her body. Holding his gaze became harder and harder, if only because she wanted him closer, to feel the weight of all those silent promises within it.

And then he did step up, and it was all she could do to stay upright as his scent enveloped her once more, his touch making her weak in the knees. At this point, she doubted she could turn him away, regardless of what his answer would be. Even if this was truly a random encounter, a chance meeting entirely out of the hands of fate, nothing had ever felt so right in her life.

So, when his nose found her ear, a soft gasp escaping her at the cold touch, she held her breath only long enough to hear him out. Then she instantly leaned her weight into his chest, twisting round her neck to encircle his and demand in his ear: “Then show me!”

Thoughts ”Speech”