"I want you and I know you want me too." His voice sounded smug and then a lazy smile brewed on his lips. "I have been celibate all my life waiting for you, please put this man out of his misery." Her heartbeat hastened and her body tingled with desire from his words, but she didn't return his smile nor did she believe his words. He never told her that he was being hunted and he had hidden too many secrets from her. "Why didn't you tell me about the awakened and that this world was no longer safe for us?" His smile faded and his face darkened. "I didn't want you to worry." "And what would I have done if I had come face to face with an awakened?" He folded his palm into a fist, "It would never have happened." "How would you know that? You left me and you didn't tell me about your struggles, our struggles."