A thrill of heat went up his arm, just from the pressure of her fingers and Krem found himself smiling, a little honored--or something else, he wasn't quite sure what--that he had been given that bit of her first, if only by happenstance if nothing else.

"It's a lovely name, Adaline," he said softly. He looked up at the ceiling, quiet for a moment. "Oh, I suppose I do have one secret. I've only told one other person. My dead name."