Fane was surprised by her response. He hadn’t been expecting her to suggest something like that. And he was a little insulted that she would think he needed protecting. “You don’t believe I am capable of defeating our enemy? You find me to be weak?”
Her eyes widened and he saw the minute she realized she’d hurt him, but anger quickly replaced the emotion. “No, you i***t!”
“Luna, we agreed not to call each other names when we fight,” he reminded her and instantly realized it had been the wrong thing to say.
“Then don’t act like a dense…a… well…a,” she sputtered over her words and finally blurted out, “sheep!”
Fane frowned at her. “A dense?” He paused. “Sheep?”
“Yes,” Jacquelyn said a little more confidently. “A dense sheep because sheep are the dumbest animals on the freaking planet an
