Jasper

　　She lay cuddled against my side, no longer trying to escape me. The resistance inside of her finally snapped, at least for now. I trailed my hand down her arm, kissing her shoulder. "As much as I'd love to stay here all day with you, Treasure, I need to handle the issue of us being attacked. It will happen again."

　　"You promised to tell me," she whispered.

　　Unfortunate, I'd thought she might have given up on finding that out. It's not that I ...