It wasn't completely unexpected between the things he'd told her and what she'd been able to see and feel of him before, but for a second she was surprised that anyone could have done such damage to a person. To anyone. She didn't understand it, she'd spent her life far from anything dangerous or threatening and knew she'd never even begin to know what life had been like for him.

Both her hands smoothed over his chest, fingertips moving over the scars. "You're incredible," she said, meaning it completely. She'd never been with anyone like him before and she ducked her head, her lips moving down the side of his throat as her hands both dropped, creeping closer toward his belt.