He was not feeling cold, but he might as well have a few seconds ago, because right now he felt a warmth coursing through him unlike any other.

The whisper that caressed his ears, words only for him... That dark gaze was never as soft as it was at this moment as he looked upon her face.

She wanted to stay with him, and would readily go against her clan. What would she risk? Everything..... only to be with him. This was love. Not one of their arranged inter-marriages.