“No way I could like someone like you.” The words were like the twist of a knife. Hostility and aggression combined with pure, petty malice.
Sounds about right, mostly.
“Just going by looks, when you can’t see half my face?” I asked. Without breaking eye contact, I reached up and pulled down the lower half of my mask. “You don’t recognize me?”
I think it was more about behavior.
She didn’t glance away from my eyes. “No. Now move. I will order them to attack.”
She would. She could.
Only question, really, is why hasn’t she already?
I leaned forward and planted a quick kiss on her lips.
…
what.