[ if jason didn't want a lowkey ("lowkey") bloodthirsty girl daydreaming about revenge neck-snapping, maybe he shouldn't have let her imprint on him five seconds into her stay in the safehouse. he kind of had it coming. ]
It's not going to happen again.
[ the words are firm, certain. because while she's willing to swallow down the urge for retribution now, caroline can make no promises about a repeat performance. if someone is stupid enough to attack him in her vicinity, they deserve what they get.
but for now, she lets it go. has to, if she's going to do anything other than steam in irritation on his behalf. better to focus on unloading cartons and containers from a bag, everything from a seafood wonton soup to a vegetable lo mein to what she'd been promised was not bugs in fried rice (but probably was, she wasn't looking that carefully when they'd scooped it up) onto the table. ]
I could make it not hurt. [ her gaze flicks up to his for a moment. ] If you want.
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It's not going to happen again.
[ the words are firm, certain. because while she's willing to swallow down the urge for retribution now, caroline can make no promises about a repeat performance. if someone is stupid enough to attack him in her vicinity, they deserve what they get.
but for now, she lets it go. has to, if she's going to do anything other than steam in irritation on his behalf. better to focus on unloading cartons and containers from a bag, everything from a seafood wonton soup to a vegetable lo mein to what she'd been promised was not bugs in fried rice (but probably was, she wasn't looking that carefully when they'd scooped it up) onto the table. ]
I could make it not hurt. [ her gaze flicks up to his for a moment. ] If you want.