His hold on her free hand took her back to reality, and she squinted up at him in amaze. Her look locking with his, he stilled her endeavors to dry his shirt. He was looking down at her, as yet grinning. Be that as it may, now there was something hard about his appearance, a barbarous gleam in his eye. Heim smothered a shudder at the power of his attitude, totally overpowered by him.