“According to what I read last night, this particular ability has the power to overheat your system, hence—” He gestures around us. “Plus, there’s not much to burn up here, is there?” And no witnesses if he decides to break my neck, either. I glance at him quickly before looking away, undoing the buckles of my saddle, then sliding down Tairn’s foreleg. “Don’t leave me.” “Never. I’ll burn him alive before he takes a single step toward you.”
