I was touching him like I had when we'd slept, but he didn't have a magical bone in his body. Not in the traditional sense anyway. He didn't have the ability to cure me, so what was happening here? I didn't know if I wanted an explanation as Kason's heartbeat slammed against my fingertips. His warmth, his compassion, skated up over my knuckles pain free. I wanted to hold my hand there forever if he'd let me.

Fearing I would break the spell or whatever this was, I flattened ...