But Burr is ill, and none of it makes sense. His whole body hurts, and when Alexander looks at him like that he must close his eyes and turn away. His body wracks with something, a spasm of pain, and he bites back a sound.

He's cold, freezing down to the bone, but his eyes feel hot in their sockets. Burning, burning.

"I can't," Burr says. "I don't want--I want you here," he says, but he can't--put it in words. "It's too much," he says, helpless.