Stefan's eyebrows raised in surprise. "What? No, I don't...I'm sorry that you think that, Tabitha. I just assumed that your...standoffish behavior was well-deserved on my part, considering the fact that I told you your slave wasn't really your slave." And though he couldn't fault her for treating Fenrir as her slave, considering the fact that he'd wanted to keep his status secret from her to spare her feelings, it still made the vampire uncomfortable.