She nodded, leaning into his touch. They’d been closer than they’d ever been over the last few days, but there had been no physical closeness. She’d missed that as well.

“Good idea,” she agreed, though she lingered for a moment longer. She remembered her desire to kiss him and felt it just as strongly as before, eager to celebrate their return to normal and the fact that she had finally admitted her feelings. But public displays of affection weren’t really her thing. They deserved privacy as much as the others did.

Impulsively, she jumped up, arms around his neck, to give him a quick kiss on the corner of his mouth. Then she took his hand to head back to the castle.