“Andtake me with you when you go check it out,” I insist.
“Dele.”
“I’m going to find a way to check it out whether you approve or not. The best way to make sure I’m safe is to be there to protect me… Unless you can’t. And if you can’t protect me from the terrors this world has in store for a defiant, pretty woman like me, then who can?”
The attack to his ego does it. Because if there’s one thing I can trust about Viper, he’s never going to just sit and let me take a shot at his abilities without making sure to prove me wrong.
“I’ll reach out to you within the month,” he snaps before storming out the room.
I hear him tell a servant to get his things down to his car before he’s totally gone.
It’s not a win. A win would be walking out of here with what I came for instead of having to manhandle and manipulate Viper into giving me a consolation prize for taking it. But at least the weekend hasn’t been a complete loss.