Her breathing was laboured, her slightly parted lips trembled, and her emerald eyes sparkled with tears. Sage looked into those hypnotic, ice blue, unreadable eyes with a lump in her throat.
She was at a loss for words. What was left to say? Why did his words cause her to feel as though a dream had come true? Sage felt uncertain. She was staring at a man who was neither typical nor an ordinary ice dragon. No matter how much better their relationship got, she still felt it was false. But was it?
Sage took a deep breath and closed her eyes to keep from seeing his face and eyes but the sensation of his touch was driving her insane. Her eyes shot open as his thumbs caressed her cheek in a way that seemed to be saying, "Please do not refuse."
"I do not want to start over." She seized his wrists and spoke with an unexpected air of assurance. "We should just continue from where we are."