You can’t go to the authorities—” His snort interrupted me. “I’m serious! They have people everywhere. It’s not safe.” “Wasn’t planning on it,” he replied in the same arrogant voice. The starch went out of my spine and I melted into him. Thank god. “Killing them will be better.” I jerked back up. “Ruarc!” My heartbeat accelerated. I could almost feel the blood pumping through my veins. “You can’t! T-they’ll kill you.”
