He was sitting not far away, watching me, and I surprised a smile on his face, the first real smile I had ever seen him give, a smile that curved and softened the tight mouth, and warmed the ice-cool eyes; a smile that brought the blood to my face and made my heart turn over.
Juliet Marillier (2010). “Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy”, p.338, Macmillan