Payne put her palm up to her pounding heart. “I . . . don’t understand why you would . . . do this?”He glanced over his shoulder, staring at the human she loved. “You’re my sister. And he’s what you want.” He shrugged. “And . . . well, I fell in love with a human. I fell in love with my Jane within an hour of meeting her — and . . . yeah. I’ve got nothing without her. If what you feel for Manello is evenhalf what I have for my shellan, your life is never going to be complete without him —

Panting, he looked into a face he couldn't see. "What the fuck is your problem?""I'm bored." With that, she head-butted him right in the goddamn nose.