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“Your very fine cock is making another appearance.”

I close my eyes. “Must we discuss that at this precise moment?”

“It seemed relevant to the situation since I’m nearly straddling it. You. Whatever.”

I force myself not to notice where our bodies are connecting at the moment. “You nearly broke your neck.”

“But I didn’t.”

“Because I caught you.”

“Exactly!”

She grabs my shoulders. “Gabriel!”

“What?”

“You caught me!”

“I believe we’ve established that.”

“No, you don’t understand.” She pulls back far enough to look at me.

“You were stone.”

I go still. “Yes.”

“I didn’t touch you because I was way over here.”

I stare at her. She’s right. I was stone.

She was falling, and then… I look down at my hands. Flesh, warm, living flesh. My heart is pounding. My lungs are drawing air. I am human again.

Without April touching me.

“Good heavens,” I whisper.

She laughs. It’s a slightly hysterical sound.

But I understand the sentiment.

“You did it!”

I shake my head. “I don’t understand.”

“You turned human all by yourself!”

I look toward the part of the room where I’d been earlier.

I have no explanation. No logical understanding of what occurred. I only know that I saw her falling, and the thought of her being hurt was unbearable.

“I thought—” My voice breaks. I swallow thickly.

April’s smile fades. “What is it?”

I look at her. At her bright eyes and brighter hair. At her beautiful, familiar face.

“I thought I was going to lose you.”