Chapter 15
I held on to Bane as his dizziness eased. He’d swayed alarmingly after healing my bruises so I’d made him sit down, which was just as well because healing the trail of blackberry scratches along my thigh nearly toppled him. I wasn’t certain that was just from the vertigo. It was starting to drizzle again and the grass was wet but I had no desire to go back inside. I needed to stay there, holding him, for as long as he would let me. I wanted to kiss him too, but I remembered what Noah had told me.
After a minute or so he sat up and cradled me against his collar bone and for a long time I sat still, becoming familiar with the feel and scent of him again. His arms held me securely, protectively, and I could feel his heart beating, strong and steady. He felt so alive. How had I ev
