[He lifted his chin and turned his head to watch her, but it wasn't long before her face returned to nuzzling into his throat. He let his chin come to rest on the top of her head, and his fingers stroked the back of her head to soothe her. He knew that she was upset, but it was just sex, not like that twisted excuse for a relationship she had had with that idiot.]

You need to stop blaming yourself, Jinx. Things happen because they happen, and you are exactly as you are meant to be.

[He had no plans on abandoning her, of leaving her behind for a warm body in his bed. Perhaps in future there may have to be coexisting, but with the way that things turned out for him, he doubted it very much. No one bedded a monster for more than a small amount of time before heading for the hills... or pushing his head under water as it were.

Jinx remained his priority. He was building an empire here for her, for them but mostly for her.]

They are not a threat to you or what we have. You have my word.