The Scandalous Step Siblings: First Enemies, Then Lovers
Now, his breathing was slow, deep, and easy, perfectly matching the gentle, natural rise and fall of the hull as it climbed over the long, rolling ocean swells.
"It is so quiet," he said, slowly turning his head to look down at me. His voice was warm, deep, and steady, utterly lacking that cold, metallic vibration that used to shake his physical frame whenever the frequency began to leak. "Not just inside my head, Anya. The whole world... it feels completely quiet. I didn't know the ocean made this sound. Just the wind and the wood moving."
"It does," I said.