His release triggered hers, and she cried out as she collided with him, clinging to his shoulders, shaking against him, around him.

She froze when the words came though, unsure that she'd actually heard them because they weren't anything she'd expected to hear and she should have shouldn't she? He'd asked her to live here. She should have expected it.

She struggled up enough to stare at him, eyes wide, shocked, though there was surprised pleasure in them that suggested the shock was not an unwelcome one.