Page 40 of Heart of the Hunted
"So?" she said, glaring at him.
At the end of the day, why would she be willing to tell him her name when he’d intended on killing her? She wouldn’t. It didn’t matter that he’d changed his mind and was now kidnapping her instead. The jury was still out on whether that was a good thing or not.
"Fine, I'll go first. My name is Taredd, and your name is?" He raised an eyebrow at her expectantly.
"Natalia,” she said reluctantly.
"It's nice to meet you, Natalia,” he said, then smiled at her.
The way her name rolled of his tongue sent shivers down her spine. Never before had she had such an effect just from someone saying her name, and she didn't like it one bit. Well, she did, but she certainly wasn't going to admit it aloud - ever.
"I would say it's nice to meet you, but, you know,” she said, shrugging her shoulder. “That would be lying and my mom always taught me not to lie."
"Well, the pleasure is all mine then,” he said, flashing that wicked smile at her again.
"Great, you can keep all the pleasure,” she told him, trying to ignore the butterflies in her stomach at the same time.
There was no way in hell she was going to show how he affected her, and she certainly wasn't going to tell him that this was the most entertainment she's had in a long time. Nope, those things she was going to keep to herself.
Natalia had to admit, it was kind of nice not having anyone come running to her with problems to resolve, or constantly worrying about everyone else. And it only took getting caught by a Demon for that to finally happen.
