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“I lift my chin and meet his gaze without flinching. “Fine. You want to protect her for your own reasons, go ahead. But I swear, if you ever try to use that as an excuse to control her, or treat her as anything less than a person, I will kill you.” One eyebrow lifts. “You think you could?” “I’d have a damn good go at it.” Unexpectedly, he smiles. “I bet you would.” — A.F.E. Smith
I lift my chin and meet his gaze without flinching. “Fine. You want to protect her for your own reasons, go ahead. But I swear, if you ever try to use that as an excuse to control her, or treat her as anything less than a person, I will kill you.”
One eyebrow lifts. “You think you could?”
“I’d have a damn good go at it.”
Unexpectedly, he smiles. “I bet you would.