REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS
“Brother, protector, whatever you want to call yourself—you don’t get to shadow me without my consent. You don’t get to slip watchers into my life like I’m some—some fragile doll. I don't know you that well.”
Ray rubbed his throat nervously, stepping back but not daring to leave. I kept my gaze locked on her, though.
“You’re not fragile,” I said softly. “That’s exactly why I worry because you fight like you have nothing to lose, and people like that—they burn out too fast.”
Her hands trembled just enough for me to catch it before she shoved the knife back into her coat pocket. “Stop making me sound like some reckless fire you’ve got to contain.”
“You are fire,” I said, heat rising in my voic
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