Kaeson gazed into his bright blue eyes as her heart hammered against her ribcage. His focus quickly darted between her face and her neck. She placed her hands on his arms and tried to push herself further back into the couch.
"Do you want to take back that remark?" He asked harshly.
"Eric, I don't think this is necessary."
"You apparently don't think at all. Did you assume that if you piss me off enough I would just let you waltz out of here, unprotected and escorted, instead of killing you?"
"Honestly, I did." She replied as she looked off to the side, not meeting Eric's gaze.
Eric released her and looked down at her as he stood in front of her.
"Go ahead and lecture me." Kaeson sighed as she put her head in her hands.
"You need to learn how things work, if you want to survive." Eric replied crouching down to Kaeson's eye level.
"It's hard to learn when everyone treats you like a child and shields you from everything."
"We only want to protect you; we're not going to throw you to the bloodsuckers or wolves, literally. When you're in a situation you are unsure about, proceed with caution not recklessness. Recklessness will only get you killed." He said looking down with softening eyes.
"I just don't know where to start in order to learn." She said looking up at Eric with tears rimming her eyes.
"You will learn soon enough" Eric replied offering a small smile, "Pam can you get Kaeson something to drink?"
Within seconds Pam was at the door with two bottles of water. She handed them to Eric, turned, walked out and closed the door without saying a word. Eric handed her a bottle and set the other one on the table. Kaeson opened it and drank a bit of it as she tried to calm herself.
"Sorry Eric." She said barely above an audible whisper.
"You're forgiven. After all you are new to all this, but your approach needs a lot of work. Your attempt to seduce me was a nice touch though." He said the last part with a raised eyebrow.
Kaeson blushed and chuckled lightly as she leaned back and rested her head on the sofa.
"Did it work?" She asked with a mischievous smile.
"Almost." He replied as he walked back to his desk.