"You are cruel," Cixi panted. Her voice trembled, but her words did not. "You use temptation to avoid the truth. You manipulate so beautifully that by the time I realise you have not answered a single question, and I have almost forgotten what I asked."
She said all of this while his fingers rubbed her clitoris gently in circles beneath the warm water.
"I will return the favour, Cassian." Her grip tightened on his knee as she arched back. "You are torturing me today. I will torture you tomorrow."
Instead of feeling intimidated by Cixi's threat, it sparked something inside him.
Behind her, where she could not see, Cassian grinned wider, his fangs flashing, though she couldn't see them from her position. "I like the challenge, Darling."
His canines lengthened, gleaming faintly under the soft light. Fangs that had no business existing inside the mouth of an ordinary man were now becoming prominent.
