Chapter 28: "The bond of nature draw me to my own, my own in thee, for what thou art is mine; our state cannot be sever’d, we are one, one flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself."

He can’t remember ever feeling so warm before in his life. Not stiflingly so; just so safe and comfortable and relaxed. He’d definitely never felt this way in his own home, and after…

Well, after he’d essentially been on his own.

The gentle fingers on his back ...