Chapter 90: She'll Not Stay Pt. 2

She brushed past me without another word, and I fought with every ounce of my being not to yank her up by the arm and force her into seclusion so that we could hash it out. Something told me, however, that if I did, I’d only succeed in making things worse.

I turned and watched her saunter away from me, my arms crossed in aggravation. “We’re not done here, little one.”

She paused, turned only slightly, and looked at me. “Yes, we are, old man.” without another word, she did something that I had never seen before of an inhuman. Her body seemed to burst into a flight of shadow-like bats, and suddenly, she disappeared into the sky.

“She is going to be a problem.” Bain seemed to realize this as he witnessed what I did.

“A challenge she will be,” I agreed with my beastly counterpart.

“Yes….why do I feel like you welcome the challenge?”

When he said this, a grin played across my lips and gradually became wider. I was amused and a tad bit excited about the idea of forcing the little spitfire