Compilation Of Short Stories
It was not physical, not even the most base sensation; it was a sharing of being, a giving of soul-deep fire.
They clung there together for what felt like an eternity in the water, arms and legs bound tightly around one another, hearts beating against each other. The light in the grotto crept back to its gentle, steady glow. Her humming was back, a contented, satisfied thrum against his chest.
She hid her face in the hollow of his throat, lips on the beat of his pulse. "I see now," she whispered in his head, her voice full of new peace. "Warmth is not something. It is a sharing. A giving."