“More likely you wouldn’t have come at all.”
“It wasn’t as if I had a choice.”
Kata flinched at the stark words.
Well wasn’t that just the freaking cherry on top of the god awful day?
She’d already sensed that Uriel hadn’t been first in line to play the role of her Knight in Shining Armor, but she hadn’t realized that he had been actually unwilling.
“You were forced?”
He ignored her question, pulling out the massive sword.
“We can’t stand here hoping a gateway will open.” He began weaving his way through the puddles of lava and razor sharp rocks. “Let’s go.”
She hesitated only a moment before following him along the narrow path.
“You didn’t answer my question. Were you forced to rescue me or not?” she gritted.
He kept walking. “Does it matter?”
Did it?
Hell yeah.
Why?
She didn’t have a clue.