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Great heat enveloped my stomach, my chest, even my toes and cheek, tempting me to stay put. Everything must be okay, my subconscious demanded because only Sean could fill me with such warmth and security.
I flexed my stiff fingers, blinking against the darkness. Awareness crept in at a gentle rise and fall beneath my cheek, a strong heartbeat pulsing against me.
“Sean?” I reached up to trace the outline of the face above my head, along the jaw, capturing the breaths blowing past slightly parted lips.
The body shifted beneath me a little. Hands swept over my back.
I inhaled. The second I did, everything came flooding back. As intense agony stabbed through my chest, a gasp exploded from my lips.
“Shh,” Ethan whispered. A gentle rub of his hands soothed again.
“Ethan?”
“You were so
