Her eyes dropped, almost involuntarily, directly to his lips. They stayed there for exactly one devastating heartbeat too long.
She yanked her gaze back up, her cheeks flushing a furious crimson.
"Because unlike you," she bit out, releasing his hair and taking a sharp step backward, "I have a heart." She turned away from him with a violent pivot, her hair sweeping over her shoulder. "Some of us actually care about warning people before they get blindsided."
Cruxius let out a genuine, low, rumbling chuckle. "You were angry at me, weren't you?" he said, the amusement in his tone rich and entirely unrepentant.
Sugar didn't dignify that with a verbal answer. She simply turned towards the spot where her portal had closed, raising her hand to summon it again.
Then her eyes dropped. Completely involuntarily.
