I said, I know why you’re afraid to fight with me.” "And why is that?” If he flexed again, I’d have to implement emergency measures. Maybe I could kick some sand at him or something. Hard to look hot brushing sand out of your eyes. "You want me.” Oh boy. "You can’t resist my subtle charm, so you’re afraid you’re going to make a spectacle out of yourself.” "You know what? Don’t talk to me.

Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.

I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.

Next to me, Saiman smiled. "We all want what we can't have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck.

Her face looked like it would shatter any second.

My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.

Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.