The growl that Rip let out was enough to cause the first soldier to almost piss his pants. That act of fear, combined with his words, left Rip wanting to kill the man more with every breath he took. How dare he talk like that to the most beautiful, angelic woman to ever grace this pit of a Hellhole. "The blood belongs to those that she healed." And he would know. A lot of that blood was his.
"She's a healer?" breathed the second guard, and this time, Rip growled for a completely different reason. The obsession in the guard's eyes was not something that he wanted directed at his woman.
"We are just going to keep that secret to ourselves," said Li Dai Lu, not answering the question but not denying it either. "Just until she is in a less vulnerable position. I am sure that you can understand."
