Ophelia blinked rapidly; her brain was trying to tell her to say something, but her mouth could not process what she was to say. She gulped and tried to close her mouth that had been left open, but nothing worked. It was as if her brain had gone frozen and her body was working without it.

"Ophelia?" Cade said, snapping his fingers in her face. She blinked and snapped back to reality.

"What did you say?" She murmured, almost chewing on her finger.

"I said I like you; that is what I want to say."

"That's impossible," she said, beginning to pace the entire floor. "That cannot be," she added,...