She would enjoy that. There was a part of Stas that would too, because then he could stop trying so hard to be anything other than what he was. The fight to keep this thing together was starting to leave him.

"It was lovely," he replied with his infamous smirk hitched back in place. He took a step closer to her, just enough to breathe in her perfume. "I was the prettiest girl there."

He leaned forward and stroked one finger idly over her shoulder. "Sadly I am not such a pretty princess anymore. Such prickles, Miss Devlin. What ever did I do to deserve such a stunt?"