“But I won’t ever be done with you.” I placed my hands on either side of her chair and jerked it forward until we were nose to nose. “I will never be done with you. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not a year from now. Understood?”
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”
“It’s not a promise. It’s simply truth in its finest form. You and I will never be separate, hate me all you want, but our lives are intertwined now.”
She broke eye contact, and her breathing became erratic.
“Do you regret saving me?” I whispered.
“I did.” She cleared her throat. “I regretted it every day you were gone.”
“And now?”
“Now…” The air turned icy. “I guess we’ll see.”
Stephanie
HE WAS TOO CLOSE, but he would notice if I shifted away, and I didn’t want to appear weak, not when I’d already done so over and over again.
If he wanted to train me, fine.
I imagined it was a forced punishment, but my pride wouldn’t let m
e go there. Somehow imagining it was way better than him actually admitting it.
“You must have done something very, very bad,” I said under my breath, stealthily moving my chair away and standing, so much for not going there. “After all, when was the last time a Dark One was given mortality? Made human?”
“Never,” he said in a clipped tone. “I would know considering my age.”
“Yes let’s rehash your age, that always goes over well. You’re how much older than me?”
His blue eyes narrowed into tiny slits. “We’ll have to do something about that attitude of yours.”
“Oh, I’d love to see you try,” I challenged.
He grinned.
I didn’t like that grin.
It was beautiful.
It was also terrifying.
I backed away farther, even though I knew I had the upper hand, I still couldn’t forget, maybe my mind wouldn’t let me—he was a Dark One, or he had been. He could own my ass with a simple snap of his fingers.
Granted he was human now.
But for how long?
What if I pissed him off, and he was changed back tomorrow?
Right. I wasn’t taking any chances.
Regardless of my feelings for him—or the way he kissed me—he was a cold, heartless bastard.
Imagining anything else just made my heart sick.
Cassius stalked toward me, his steps purposeful, I walked backward until my body collided with the wall.