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I leaned beside him on the wall so our arms just touched and gave him a lazy smile. "You
know, I still don't approve of your whole hero thing, but you did scare them. That was almost
worth it.”
"But you don't approve?”
I trailed fingers up his arm. "No. I mean, it's hot in principle but not in practice.”
He laughed. "The hell it isn't." He caught hold of my hand and gave me a knowing look.
"Sometimes you need to be saved. I think you like being saved sometimes and just can't admit
it.”
"And I think you get off on saving people and just can't admit it.”
"I don't think you know what gets me off. Saving damsels like you is just the honorable thing to
do," he declared loftily.
I repressed the urge to smack him over the use of damsels. "Then prove it. Do me a favor just
because it's 'the right thing to do.'“
"Sure," he said immediately. "Name it.”
"I need you to get a message to Christian Ozera.”
His eagerness faltered. "What the—? You aren't serious.”
"Yes. Completely.”
"Rose…I can't talk to him. You know that.”
"I thought you said you'd help. I thought you said helping 'damsels' is the honorable thing to
do.”
"I don't really see how honor's involved here." I gave him the most smoldering look I could
manage. He caved. "What do you want me to tell him?”