Bane wandered over, picked up one of Sabine’s hairpins, and studied it. “Are you going to tell me why you’re not wearing these tonight? You don’t normally keep your hair down.”
“I do when your brother’s being a pain in the a*s,” she muttered and started pulling off the rest of her weapons.
He arched his brow. “What did Dax do now?”
“The bastard drugged me.”
Bane’s mouth twitched in a smile, and she glared at him. He chuckled and held up his hands in surrender. “Dax has never been the most tactful. Did you hurt him?”
She snorted. “I got to test out a new poison made from sewer rats. Even with Esme’s antidote, he’s going to be uncomfortable for a few days.”
Bane laughed. “You’re good for him, I’ll give you that much. He’ll think twice about doing that again.”
She made a noise of agree
