“I could have held his hand.”
“I held on to his warm hand simply because i wanted to.”
“He grabbed the count's hand to check his pulse, and I held my breath. The count wouldn't have a pulse. Or a heartbeat. Or a breath.”
“Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful.”
“Our lovemaking was always risk and promise-for if he held my life in his hands when he lay with me, I held his soul, and knew it.”
“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.”