"Arghmhg." I kicked the villain trying to get me out of the nice warm bed.

Drio swore. "You're the one who booked the first flight out. Get up."

I snarled at him, wrestling him for the covers.

"Put the teeth away, my little goblin."

That earned him a pillow flung at his face. "That better not be your new pet name for me."

"How about goblinissima? No? Then move it."

"Threats don't work on me," I said.

"Yeah, I figured that out ...