Strangely, the thing he'd liked less was that I seemed willing to accept him and his beast. If anyone can resist temptation it's you. I was still curled against Nathaniel, and Jason was a dim blond shape on the other side of him. It made me jump, and my pulse was so thick in my throat that I couldn't answer right away.
He gave another sound, half swallowed laugh, half sob. Anita, she's your friend, but . He put his hands on my arms, just under where Jean-Claude held me. They were pale in the uncertain light, pale and frightened.