Eventually, she tapered off to small sighs and happy murmurings as Kathy came back to herself, body still quivering on the bed. Funny how much she'd needed that; she felt like she'd shed much of her residual fear and stress at the same time, a full-body reset.

"Dante..." she whispered, unable to summon up anything beyond his name to try to convey the depth of her feelings at the moment.