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I was starved. How could I have been hungry if my body didn’t need it?”
    He shook his head and tsk’d at me like I was a student who’d gotten the answer wrong.
    “ I’ll bet that you only felt hungry after I asked you about breakfast or once you’d seen the tray. Am I right?” he asked. I thought about it and nodded, confused. “Your mind responded to the suggestion of food or the sight of it, if you saw the tray before I mentioned it,” he explained. “In truth, I can’t say we have bodies here at all, not in the earthly sense anyway.”
    My gaze swept from his face over the flat expanse of his chest and a rebellious thought took hold. With a smirk, I reached out and trailed a finger down the length of his bicep and peeked up at him through my eyelashes.
    “ So this… isn’t real?” I asked.
    “ I’m warning you, lass. You shouldn’t tempt me,” he said, though his voice was unsteady.
    “ What do you mean?” I teased. “If it’s not real, what difference does it make? Does it even count as touching after all?” I dragged my finger across his chest and flicked my lip with my tongue, enjoying the look of indecision on his face.
    “ God help me,” he whispered. Then he snaked a hand behind my neck and pulled me toward him, covering my mouth with his own. His kiss was everything I wanted it to be: hot, exciting and sensual, sending off a rampage of tingles down my spine. His other arm rested on my hip as we kissed, radiating waves of heat across my stomach. I tried to press closer to him and he let himself fall backward, pulling me on top of him as he went.
    His fingers wound through my hair as the kiss deepened. My heart was pounding so hard, I was sure it was going to explode.
    “ Ah, ma minette. You slay me,” he groaned. His lips met mine again, but this time they were different, his kisses tender and soft. He pulled away and gazed at me in adoration, his hand cupping my cheek. “ Tu es très belle, Lindsey. ” He blew out his breath and shook his head, then pulled me down onto the blanket beside him.
    Tucked in the crook of his arm, I ran my fingers over his chest and marveled at how badly I wanted to keep going. I'd kissed a few guys before, but nothing even came close to this. I hadn’t ever gone all the way, but it felt so right with Aiden that I didn't want to stop. Everything in me ached to be closer to him.
    His breathing evened out and I slowed mine to match, trying to reign in my lustful thoughts. Curled up against him, I closed my eyes and inhaled his clean, woodsy scent, feeling as if I’d finally found where I belonged.
    As I lay there with my eyes closed, a warm light washed over me, as enticing as the scent of freshly baked bread. It beckoned to me and the compulsion to follow was overwhelming. Joy flooded through me as I began to move toward it. Aiden’s voice called to me from far away.
    “ Lindsey! Oh, don’t leave yet, lass. Stay with me a little while longer,” he pleaded. I wanted so badly to follow the light but I turned and fought my way back to him. The sensation ebbed away and I found myself standing, gripped tight in Aiden’s arms. I stared at him, confused and afraid.
    “ What was that? I almost went after it, but then I heard your voice.”
    His arms relaxed but he didn’t let go. “It's heaven calling you. I told you that you cannot stay here forever. You must go on, but I didn’t want to lose you… not yet.” His face was etched with a sadness that made my heart ache. I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him close.
    “ I don’t want to go. I want to stay here with you.” I searched his face for answers. “Why can’t you come to heaven with me? I don’t understand!”
    He hung his head and sighed with the weight of a condemned man. When he looked up again, his face was closed off, his jaw set in a hard line.
    “ I’ve never shown this to anyone,” he began, his voice barely audible. “But you deserve the truth, Lindsey. You just may not