There was a sudden, delicate flash of surprise in her hazel eyes, as if she truly hadn’t expected me to offer her a glimpse into the shadows.
"Would you tell me?" she asked quietly, her voice laced with a genuine, dangerous curiosity.
I looked at her, searching the fierce, brilliant intellect behind her eyes. I might. If she could handle the bloody, uncompromising reality of my world. But as much as she fought to stand as my equal, I knew the extent of the darkness that sustained the Cross empire would shatter her clean, highly principled view of the world.
I must have taken too long to reply, the heavy silence stretching thin between us.
Claire rolled her eyes, letting out a sharp, dismissive breath before popping the gull-wing door open and stepping out into the evening chill.
"Enjo
