My heart hammered hard in my chest at his words as every inch of me screamed a different answer to me. No, this couldn't be happening; he wasn't allowed to give me this chance to take him out. My chest had begun to hurt a little from the panic that was slowly rising in it.
"You don't have to answer me right now. I want you to think about it. Think about whatever it is you need to figure out. I'll wait as long as it takes to think this over." His thumb lightly brushed over my skin, leaving small waves of electricity under my skin.
"What about Helena?" I asked quietly as I tried to distract my spinning head. "Things are strained between you two right now as it is." I had to give him any and every reason to take back his comment; I had to make him doubt his thought, and then I'd tell Lucian
