Meadowlark Prairie temperature

He had gone too far. This was going somewhere he wasn't sure he was ready for it to go. Would he ever be ready, though? And if he pulled back now, it would surely hurt her, and he couldn't stand the thought. It was hard for the sound logic of his brain to override the selfish wants of his heart. He had been lonely for so long, even if he had been less so since Nirali saved his life. There had still been a certain kind of connection he yearned to have with another. His heart and mind warred with each other in the few silent moments following her challenge, his gaze never leaving her face. But eventually, his heart won out, its needs far more appealing than what his mind was proposing he do. Tonight, then. When you're ready to sleep...I'll keep you warm, he promised. He found the words easier to say than he thought, considering it would most likely change things between them but at the moment, he was finding it hard to really care about his stupid reservations.