For the touch of her hand on his face...
The truth tore through him. He'd sell his soul for one moment with her. But he couldn't tell her that.
"Why are you here?" he asked, his voice thick and strange sounding even to himself.
"Xypher told me Kessar's weakness and I thought you should know it."
That was it? That was the only reason she'd come here? Part of him had wanted her to tell him that she'd missed him. That she'd been unable to function without him. But now that he looked at her, he realized that she looked great. Unlike him, she hadn't lost sleep. There was no sign of her having moped around or grieved.
And that seriously pissed him off.
She frowned at him. "Are you okay?"
"Fine," he snapped.
"You don't look fine. You look... kind of pissed. I thought this would make you happy."
"I'm ecstatic." Oh yeah, there was no sarcasm in that tone...
She slapped lightly at him. "You're such an asshole."
"Asshole?" he growled. "Is that all you have to say to me after a week?"
She folded her arms over her chest as she met that golden gaze levelly. "Yeah, that and you need a bath."
"I was about to do that when you showed up."
She scoffed. "By the looks of you, I'd say you're a couple of days late."
He grabbed a washcloth from the stack of them in the wall cupboard. "Are you simply here to insult me? Because if you are, I have two others who beat you to it. They're better at it, too."
"Oh, I seriously doubt that."
He ignored her as he checked the water temperature. "Just tell me what you found out and go."
"No. Not until you tell me what's wrong with you."
"Nothing is wrong with me."
"Right. C'mon, Sin, stop sulking and answer me."
"I don't sulk."
Yeah, right. "You're pouting like a two-year-old."
"I am not."
She put her hands on her hips and imitated a small child. Then she answered in the most juvenile tone she could muster, "Are, too."
Sin glared at her. Even though he wanted to be angry, he couldn't stop a small laugh that betrayed him. "I hate you." But there was no emotion in his voice to back those words.
She popped him on his butt cheek. "Fine. Be that way. I'll go find me someone else to love."
As she stepped away from him, he grabbed her arm.
Kat paused as she saw the angry look in his eyes. It was absolutely furious and it chilled her to the bone.
"Who?" he growled.