"I doubt he intended anything but to impress you," Kell replies. Of course Emery managed to give her the most cursory of lessons, yet dropped into common knowledge that he was a Triad. If a man could break himself rolling his eyes, Kell would be doomed.

"He hurts people, Lila. No matter who they are, or how undeserving." Unthinking, Kell lifts a hand to his chest, rubbing at the mark there over his shirt.