**Jax**

"Relax, Jaxon." Her tone was flirty, and everything in me relaxed. "No one is trying to kill me, if that's what you're thinking."

"Good, because I'm really not in the mood to kill anyone tonight."

She laughed.

"You know, it's hardly fair that you know so much about me and I know nothing about you." I took another bite of steak and chewed slowly. "Have you always lived in New Orleans?" Maybe starting with easier questions would ...