His hesitation told me everything I needed to know.

I slammed on the tap to rinse off my plate, my back to him.

"We would never have let it kill you," he said in a low voice.

I blinked rapidly, my eyes hot and itchy. I gave myself to the count of five to compose myself and face him. "I'm still the special unicorn Demon Club wants protected. I can make your life very hard if I want to."

"Back at you, Lolita."

I bit back my retort for the sake of my ...