QUOTE : You gave me your word,” Alessandra couldn’t keep her voice from quivering with anger. “You said you’d let me walk away.”<br />“I <i>am</i> letting you walk away. I just happen to be walking away with you.”<br />Harry opened the front door to the car and all but pushed her inside. She opened it again as soon as he closed it. “I don’t need your help.”<br />The moon was only a sliver and his face was completely in shadow. “Can we argue about this after I get in the car and start driving? I’ve been banking on the fact that Ivo’s following one of the decoys I sent out the front door, but just in case, I’d like to get out of here without a hole in my head. Or yours.”<br />Alessandra pulled the door shut.<br />Harry tossed their bags in the back and climbed carefully behind the wheel. He started the car. “Thank you.”<br />She stared straight ahead.<br />He laughed quietly, the sound as velvety and soft as the darkness that surrounded her. “The silent treatment. That’s very original. No one’s ever done that before.