CHAPTER 6
MIRIAM“Are you out of your lizard-brained mind?”
“We go up unless you want to face the consequences of your actions.”
“My actions? You told me to fight!”
His quills went up, displaying some subtle sign of his emotions that she just couldn’t read. “Yes, and I will lavish you with praise when we have made our getaway.”
She felt mushy and flustered inside at the promise to lavish her with praise. She really shouldn’t feel mushy or flustered. He said some truly awful things about her.
“I did not mean those words,” he said, as if sensing her thoughts. “You are just the sort of trouble I like.”
There she went, going all mushy and flustered again.
Did they kiss now? It seemed like the right time to kiss. She leaned toward him. His quills relaxed. With a hand on her shoulder, he
