He hugged her back and hesitated before patting her back the same way that he had seen Ravi do to Ash. After a second, she stepped back with her normally cold expression if one ignored her ears that were flushed from embarrassment.
"It was like you were a whole different person. You were like…even more terrifying than you usually are. Then Ravi said that I should not look into your eyes. Right, why would you say?"
Ravi sighed and released the field that he had set up when Malik had fallen to the ground. "Because you would die."
"Dead?" Lana choked before looking at Malik with a fiery gaze. Ravi had seen her have that gaze when she was looking at his plants as if all she wanted to do was lie him down on a lab table so she could take her time to completely dissect him so she could find out why.
"Lana, pay at the counter," Malik said immediately causing Ravi's lips to twitch against his will.