If she planned to strangle him, he doubted he could stop her because he’d frozen in complete shock. She kneaded the tight muscles along his back and neck, and he realized she was giving him a massage. He relaxed and enjoyed it. It’d probably never happen again. “What would you do,” she asked, “if suddenly the world was perfect, and you had no one to spy on?” “I’d be bored,” Valek said. Unless you were with me, love.