~ CASIMIR ~
I frowned at her and she stared back at me. The Governor took a drink, smiling, clearly reading accurately that she was putting me in my place. Then she turned her face up to his again, smiling a little more this time.
"I would be happy to spend some time with you and see if you can… earn my approval," she said quietly- with a husk in her voice that made me want to snarl.
"Earn you? I was of the understanding that you were here to earn me," he said, unconcerned.
"I can assure you, if the King saw you touch me, this venture we're building would be over," she said sweetly. I mentally snapped my teeth.
"She's the highest ranking she-wolf in the pack," I spat. "To believe that you can just walk in and take her-"
"I'll point out again that my colleague already has."
"Because she is far too hospitable, and I was preoccupied with other tasks," I growled. "That is not a mistake I will make again. Only the strongest among us can so much as meet her gaze."