Something almost like pain flickers in Draven’s eyes for a moment. Reaching up, he slides his fingers gently over my jaw and then cups my cheek. “I’ve been falling for you for years, from afar, but then I truly got to know you during the Atonement Trials.” A wistful smile blows across his handsome face. “And then that day when you patted my cheek and said good talk, I fell in love with you utterly and completely.”
