“We both know you’re much more likely to escape without me slowing you down.” She shivered as his thumb shifted to stroke her lower lip. “So go.”
“No.”
“Why not?”
He frowned, as if annoyed he might be forced to actually consider his motives.
“I always finish what I start,” he at last said.
Always finish what he started?
Lame. Truly lame.
He better hope that he didn’t need a reference if he intended to make a career out of rescuing maidens in distress, because as far as she was concerned, he sucked at it.
“I’m not your obligation,” she snapped.
“You are for now.”
“Because my daughter sent you?”
“Because my clan chief sent me.”
Kata rolled her eyes. She loved Laylah, but why on earth would the girl get involved with vampires?
“Fine, you came, you saw, you conquered. Now go away.”
“I’m not leaving without you.” He folded his arms over his chest. “Get over it.”