QUOTE : Released at last from his blazing black gaze, Serena took her first full breath since that extraordinary kiss. When Giles stared at her, she’d felt as though someone tightened a strap around her chest. What in the name of all that was holy had just happened? Nothing. Everything. Who knew Giles concealed a romantic streak beneath his cynical hide? But that wasn’t what had made her heart clench with poignant emotion. No, what made her ache was the revelation that beneath his rakish dash, Giles Farraday was lonely.