“I will never touch you against your will.” She stared at him, and he couldn’t tell if she believed him. It didn’t matter if she was a rebel or not, he didn’t like the thought that any woman would be afraid of him. Besides, things would be easier if she could relax around him. She might let her defenses fall. So he smiled. “If I did, my mother would kill me.” The words surprised a short, somewhat hoarse laugh out of her. “She would?” “My father would help her.”
