"What compensation?!"
He leaned closer, his voice lowering until it almost melted into her skin.
"Perhaps… a promise. Or a secret. Or simply the right to stand this close to you."
"You are insane!" Bai Lingling's eyes widened as she struggled. She really could not believe this strange man who had suddenly appeared in her dream.
Who did he think he was holding and claiming her like she was his!
"Possibly."
His grip tightened slightly, not enough to hurt, just enough to remind her that in this dream, her power still paled before his.
Her face heated. She hated it. She hated the way her heart raced. Why was her heart even racing?!
Simply because he was preety? Gosh she felt embarrassed at the thought. She had spent hundreds of years living and had never been moved by a man before.
But this one was different.
She hated the way he smiled at her like he saw through every scale she hid.
She hated that he was beautiful.
