Jace didn’t push it. He just nodded and said, “I walk you back.”

I opened my mouth to refuse again, but he added, “It’s not safe for you to walk alone this late.”

Not safe? In a monastery? Yeah, right.

I was about to roll my eyes when he added, “What if there are bugs or snakes?”

That shut me up immediately. I hated those creepy things.

I had to give it to him-after ten years together, he still knew how to shut me up when it counted.

As we walked, his comment sparked something I told him about the snake Lena got in the parcel and spilled who sent it.