"Because you almost kissed Jadon!" He retorts. And there it is, that glow in his eyes like embers. Like I've awakened the anger. Or irritation.
"But I didn't! And what's it to you anyway, it's not like I'm special to you or anything! Why did you even make a connection with me? Do you make connections with all your concubines? Is that it?" Why am I suddenly angry? Why am I suddenly ranting?
"And why are you trying so hard to help me find my family? Do you think I will easily forgive you for what you've done if you manage to find them? And why in the world will you care if I forgive you anyway? I'm just one of many women whom you own. I'm nothing special to you, right?!"
He stares at me for a while and in the next, he's flipped our positions and he's hovering over me now. And oh my cosh, I think for a second there, I forgot how huge he is.
