ng at the slender fingers holding a book she couldn't reach.A breath of relief escaped my chest, yet it was mingled with a strange sense of loss."Yes." She reached out to take it, her fingers only bru...en of sweat beaded on her fair face, and her brow furrowed tightly as if she were enduring a catastrophe.Despair came upon her like a flood, she could feel the roughness of his palm against her spine...