“I can do this, Rohan. You don't have to be so madly protective of me all the time, you know."
"Haven't you noticed protecting you is the whole reason for my existence these days?" he drawled. "You mean the world to me, Kate. No matter what you might think."
She smiled uncertainly at him. "Go on, then. I'll be all right down here. I promise."
He glanced toward the approach to the Wheel, down a short walkway flanked on both sides by shallow rectangular pools of burning oil.
"I'll see you up there in a moment," he assured her as he turned away. But separating from her in this strange place even for a moment was the most difficult thing he had done in a very long time.
"Go on. Impress me," she teased, seeing his hesitation.
He turned around and stared at her, and when she sent him a roguish wink, he was lost. I adore you.”