This was why she hated coming to him when she was in a mood. They were both so mercurial and fed off each other in the worst ways sometimes. "It was a question I wasn't expecting, which is stupid because I should have. I know how much you hate that what we do is a sin, by your reckoning." She licked her lips. "And I know you say-"

She stopped cold and shook her head. She wouldn't dismiss him that way. "And I know you love me."