`` i love that sound , '' he said , raising his head to meet her half-lidded gaze . her skin heated beneath his touch . his reasoning was so far off that i wanted to slap him across the face and tell him to get some sense . `` some of the old ways were lost . '' look at you , he said , his amber eyes raking over my body bit by bit , part by part . i do n't know why i did n't like it earlier ; i could n't think of anything more perfect for her . 