"Carried away?" Ash asked flatly. "Even someone as evil as Dorian would need to be severely provoked to risk a blood contract backfiring on him. What exactly did you do? Do you even have a sense of self-preservation?!"
Ruby supposed she deserved this lecture. She had worried him, after all. She couldn't look at him when she answered because it was a bit embarrassing.
"…I was defending you. He didn't like that."
He went silent for a moment. When he did speak again, it was with great resignation.
"You really are something else, aren't you? Not the slightest bit of care for your own safety. I suppose I'll have to be your voice of reason from now on."
She was slightly offended by the insinuation that she couldn't take care of herself but was able to acknowledge that he did have a point. He had been forced to resuscitate her because of her recklessness, after all.
