My hands slid up to cup his jaw and I kissed him hard as I let myself go, shivering with a low moan, my eyes shut and my entire body yearning towards his. It was a long moment before I could let myself relax, my arms falling loosely around his neck, and I kissed him again softly, looking at him with a little smile. "You don't appear to be dead," I murmured, my lips sliding down to his jaw as I rested my forehead on his shoulder, catching my breath. "Far from it, in fact."