Lillith might have said that it was not trust so much as he had as much to lose as she did. Yet that was something her sisters might think. Might say. And also, she found as he smiled that she did trust him. As much as she did almost anyone.

Instead, she moved toward him a step until she could feel the heat from his body against her skin. Careful not to scratch him with her claws, she laid her hand on his chest. "Are you always so kind?"