“You could shoot me,” he said seriously. “And then all your problems would be solved.”
Horrified, Mia gaped at him. The idea of actually pressing the button and watching him dissolve before her eyes, like those shield posts at the colony, was unthinkable. She’d never had any intention of actually using the weapon. All she’d wanted was to regain some measure of control, to feel like she was in charge of her own life. She’d wanted to threaten him, to make him bow to her will, to make him feel the way she felt when he took away her freedom of choice. She’d never wanted to hurt him, much less kill him.
“Go ahead, Mia,” he said softly. His powerful naked body was relaxed, as though they were having a regular conversation—as though he didn’t have a deadly weapon pointed at him. “Go ahead and s
