She found herself in the man's embrace. Shock was her first instinctive response, but then she found herself relaxing. Amelia should have pulled away, should have run from the place but god, there was someone holding her. Eventually, she was there shuddering in his arms but not crying anymore, and she still had yet to pull away. Nobody had ever given her such an embrace since she was a small child not able to take care of herself and she was touch starved, and he was evoking within her something that bothered her greatly.

Yet at what point did she do anything about it?

Her breathing evened except for a few hiccups and she finally started to think about pulling away.