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like I had taken the potion again – only stronger. A feeling of red, powerful warmth stirring through me. His hands were like hot stones, warming my flesh. Immediately I stopped shaking, my body responding to his as he placed me gingerly down upon the ground.
     
              “What is it?” Kian turned to me. “Did something happen? Is he hurting you?”
     
              “No…” I looked up at Logan in confusion. “Not at all. The…opposite, actually.”
     
              “What do you mean?” Kian came over to us, looking Logan up and down.
     
              “It stops the cold,” I admitted sheepishly, not wanting Kian to see how red my face had gotten. He’d been jealous enough of Logan in the past – the last thing I wanted was to make things worse. “Something about Logan…it makes me warmer.”
     
              Kian looked perplexed. “How could that be?”
     
              “Perhaps it’s because he’s not a Fey,” Rose chimed in. “Or at least, not-really. He’s the closest to mortal – indeed, his blood is even warmer because of his Wolf side. Maybe he can warm Breena up while the rest of us are making her worse.”
     
              Kian considered. I could see the wheels of his mind turning – I could see him balance his jealousy of Logan with his need to keep me safe. I knew that even watching Logan’s arms around me was torture for him. But the sensation of Logan’s touch – hot, spirited, alive – was the only thing keeping the Freeze from getting worse.
     
              “In that case,” he said, “you should ride with the Queen, Logan. Keep her warm as best you can. Stay by her side. Do you need a fire, my darling? Or is Logan…preferable?”
     
              “I don’t think a fire would work,” I admitted. “At least, not as well as what Logan’s doing now. It’s a magic-thing…his magic’s interacting with mine.”    
     
              “Very well,” Kian said curtly, jumping upon his horse’s back anew.  “Then let’s ride on. There’s no use wasting time.” I could see how hurt he was, but I knew that there was nothing I could say.
     
              Logan and I mounted the same horse – my own – while Logan’s steed, ever-obedient, trotted behind.
     
              “Thanks for this, Logan…” I said, blushing slightly as he wrapped his arm around my waist.
     
              “Anytime, Breena,” Logan said, brushing a strand of hair out of my eyes. “I know this isn’t easy for you. But whatever I can do to help, to keep you safe…I’ll do it. After all, I guess I owe you one.”
     
              We fell silent. With everything that had happened, we hadn’t talked much about the events on the mountain. Logan had been injured – I had offered to sacrifice my life, my immortality, for his recovery. A decision that I could tell, even now, struck Kian to the bone: Kian’s face told me that much. A decision that had led Kian, in a moment of anger, to cancel our wedding.
     
              Kian hadn’t meant it, I knew – but if Clariss hadn’t come, who knew what would have happened? My life, my marriage – all placed on hold because I couldn’t let Logan go.
     
              “Don’t mention it,” I said. “It’s what friends do for each other. We have a pact, you and I. We make sure that we both get out of these situations alive.”
     
              “I don’t want to get in your way, Breena,” said Logan. “If I’d made you unhappy – I’d never forgive myself.”
     
              “You could never make me unhappy, Logan,” I said. His touch was electric; it was only when in his arms that I realized how much pain I’d been in for the past twenty-four hours. Pain that had, at last, subsided. I felt like myself again. Warm. Safe.
     
              And in Logan’s arms.
     
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