The steam from the spring rose up, swathing him in an ethereal halo, as if the rest of the world faded away while he looked at her. His gaze slid downward. Her heart thumped inside her chest. She could feel the intensity of his stare on her naked flesh and it made her burn.
“So this is why the Borns are always so clean. I often wondered how you could stand washing in buckets of cold water so often.”


















