Elle's breath caught; her lashes fluttered open, head tilted up as she clung to him. Droplets of water hit her face, eyes searching his as if she didn't quite believe he could mean something so romantic. But it was there--she saw it. That dark promise. He meant it, and emotion tighten her chest all up so hard it almost hurt. "I'd kill you too," she said, her voice weighted but sure, her nose rubbing against his affectionately, and then she smiled.