What a control freak! She was a person, not his pet, and certainly not one of those slaves! She had the right to make friends. Besides, her friendship with Lucifer, spanning over twenty years, was something he could never compare to. To concede the point, even if he liked her now, and that was why they were bound together... if one day that liking faded, if the affection wore out, they would inevitably part ways. Only friendship, a friendship nurtured since childhood for over twenty years, would not change. Lucifer was both a brother and a friend to her; she couldn't stay away from him! Lucifer had never hurt her. But Thomas Shannon, who professed to like her, was nothing but a moody, unpredictable tyrant! She could never predict when he'd get angry, or what hurtful things he might do to her when he was. From Thomas Shannon, she had never felt a sense of security.
