i squeeze her hand and bend to kiss her cheek . my heart keeps beating , my lungs seeking air , but everything else is dead . blake drops his weapons and gives me a i-hope-you-know-what-you're-doing look . neither of us said anything for a few moments . puppy baseball we have a new puppy that is only about four months old . nick tried to follow what she was doing , but he was still two steps behind when she slid the last control board in . now , he really had claimed me . link could n't believe his good fortune . 