““He reeked of blood—that awful, otherworldly Valg blood. He pushed her face a little harder into the wall, his body an immovable force against her. “I’m going to kill you.” “Ah, about that,” she said, and shifted her wrist just enough for him to feel the blade she’d flicked free in the moment before she’d sensed his attack—the steel now resting against his groin. “Immortality seems like a long, long time to go without your favorite body part.” “I’ll rip out your throat before you can move.” She pressed the blade harder against him. “Big risk to take, isn’t it?””
![“He moved around the wide counter, silent as always. She was sitting on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees, her fist in her mouth to try to quiet her sobs, and he realized he hadn’t actually seen her cry before. [..] She must have felt his eyes on her, for she suddenly swallowed her sob…” quote by Anne Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb3/anne-stuart-2580_eyes-looking_he-moved-around-the-wide-counter-silent_2223162.jpg)
