Alchemised

by SenLinYu

He raised an eyebrow. “I’ll tell you if you swallow it like a good girl.”

“Why all this sudden interest in me?” he asked. She shrugged. “You don’t make sense.” He raised an eyebrow. “Oh, is that all? And here I was hoping you were plotting to seduce me.”

“There are a few things scheduled to arrive tomorrow, to spare myself any additional inconvenience from all this. Please”—he placed overt emphasis on the word—“do not mistake it for a sign of affection.”

“Are you trying to provoke me? Or sway my allegiance?” He gave a dark chuckle. “How terribly audacious of you.”

“What you do is make so many conflicting promises that you can pick and choose depending on what you want. I’ve devoted some thought to your methodology.”

“This was ours…” She swallowed, blinking hard. “They took it from us, but it was ours.”