What she actually deserved was nearer execution than the love of a good man, but the people who had the right to impose that sentence had declined to.

"It won't be the first time I've shared my bed with someone who couldn't share my feelings," she said, matter-of-factly. If she let herself feel anything about Graham, any composure she had left would be shattered. "But if it's hurting you, then I'll contain my caring to awkwardly affectionate friendship."