Shannon was amused by the gesture but didn't pull her hand from Rhysand's. Instead a slight upturn of a single corner of her lips was her only sign of her reaction. But it only took a glance at her daughter for that sign to vanish.
"I wouldn't want to put the pair of you out. Besides I was alone for a good long while before Katherine was born. I don't really need others anymore. I'm not exactly a people person." She uncrossed her legs, and used Rhysand's as leverage to stand. "That being said, it's been a pleasure."