Ariana POV
"I love him."
The minute the words flew out of her mouth, she wondered if she could snatch them back. But judging by the way Aunt Sally's and Uncle Bill's jaws dropped, it was too late.
"You ... you love him?" Aunt Sally spluttered. "Did he hypnotize you?"
Dimitri bristled, looking huffy,
"It's a fair question," Uncle Bill piled on.
"Even if it is, I would never do it," Dimitri argued hotly. "If wanted to hypnotize her, don't you think I'd have done it on campus that day, mere minutes before Luc snatched her? I could have compelled her to come with me just like that." He snapped his fingers. "But I didn't."
Sally and Bill hadn't considered that line of reasoning. They looked at Ariana and Dimitri thoughtfully. "Why didn't you?" asked Aunt Sally.
Dimitri's eyes turned dark golden. "That would fit with your image of me, wouldn't it?"
Aunt Sally glared at him. "My image of you couldn't get any lower right now."
