01-04-2015, 12:44 PM
Flickers of emotion she could not read darted behind his eyes. She felt stripped beneath his investigatory gaze. Why did he have to do that every bloody time? Torri held her ground. If Michael chose to lash out at her as he had Julian, she may have little chance to react. Her guard remained high, even if it was useless. She'd never relinquish her safety without a fight.
She witnessed the settlement of his indecisiveness and prepared herself for the worse possible outcome. What came, an agreement with her demands, was nearly enough to make her gasp.
Nearly.
But her surprise was shared by others, and fortunately, Michael addressed them as well. She was relinquished from the focus of his attentions, thank God. Yet, the dismissal was strangely infuriating.
She hid it behind the surgeon's mask she wasn't wearing.
Michael wasn't responsible? Julian himself was the reason her staff was carrying him out of the storage bay? That meant each and every one of the men before her were capable of everything Michael was, worse, they couldn't control it.
She had to order the evacuation of the Facility. Every single one of her staff were in danger from something they couldn't trace. Was the Director aware? My God, was the Ascendancy aware?
And Michael invited her to stay? She rounded on him, peering hard into his gaze like the sharpness of her own could pierce the facades he shielded himself with. "How long before you can guarantee their safety?"
If his answer didn't satisfy, she was ready to walk away, something she was loathed to do.
She witnessed the settlement of his indecisiveness and prepared herself for the worse possible outcome. What came, an agreement with her demands, was nearly enough to make her gasp.
Nearly.
But her surprise was shared by others, and fortunately, Michael addressed them as well. She was relinquished from the focus of his attentions, thank God. Yet, the dismissal was strangely infuriating.
She hid it behind the surgeon's mask she wasn't wearing.
Michael wasn't responsible? Julian himself was the reason her staff was carrying him out of the storage bay? That meant each and every one of the men before her were capable of everything Michael was, worse, they couldn't control it.
She had to order the evacuation of the Facility. Every single one of her staff were in danger from something they couldn't trace. Was the Director aware? My God, was the Ascendancy aware?
And Michael invited her to stay? She rounded on him, peering hard into his gaze like the sharpness of her own could pierce the facades he shielded himself with. "How long before you can guarantee their safety?"
If his answer didn't satisfy, she was ready to walk away, something she was loathed to do.