Winter takes deep breaths to steel herself, reminding herself that she’d seen dead men come back to life, that she’d helped to defeat a godsforsaken [i]god[/i], that this is fake, and nothing compared to what she’d been through, what she’d done.

Ivy puts a hand on her heart, and she smiles. “Aww, that’s so sweet!” She hugs him around his waist. She smiles up at him. “I just like keeping you on your toes, but what you said is much better.”