Super Short Snippet of Aileen 4

I'm on my final read through of the book. I'd planned to have a cover and preorder for you guys, but I'm still waiting on one piece. I'm hoping to have everything in order by the end of this week. Here is a bribe in the meantime. 

Snippet

“What was that?” he asked through gritted teeth.

“I didn’t want to risk blood staining this dress,” I told him.

“Why am I not surprised?” he asked, not giving me time to look around the room as he hurried me to the dais where Thomas sat on an ornate chair, like a king surveying his subjects.

It was a surprising sight. Thomas expected a certain respect from those under his command, but he hadn’t struck me as the type to go this feudal. He watched us with an interested gaze, noting the tension in both our faces.

“Usually one tries not to bring themselves to the attention of the biggest predator in the room,” Liam said.

“You’re welcome,” I told him.

“For what?”

“For interfering before you could do something you’d regret.”

“I had myself perfectly under control.”

I gave him a sideways look. “Uh huh.”

A small growl slipped from him as he propelled me up onto the dais, positioning me at Thomas’s side, just behind his chair before taking his place next to me on Thomas’s other side.

“Problem?” Thomas asked.

“No,” came Liam’s abrupt response.

Thomas looked at me.

I shrugged. “He’s sensitive.”