"Yes, I know." Once more, Leigh turned to the storm and the night, away from him, and he waited for her to choose. Either she'd leave, or she'd...
"I'm so terrified of you. Of what you could mean," she whispered, turning to look up at him. "I can't just do as I want. I have responsibilities."
"Tell me how you felt just now, when the wind threw you against him, when I looked into your eyes and found what I've been hunting."
"I came to..." She looked away into the lightning's flash and began again. "I came to make you see that you can't interfere with my life. Mikhail said you were hurt because of me. I've been taking care of myself for a long time, Jarek. Gossip means nothing to me, not when it isn't true. I know what that bully said."
