The suggestion that she request not to be troubled anymore got him another look, this one much closer, from beneath dark lashes. It had taken her better than a decade to get to this place with him; she wasn't willing to start over just because he was being... well, as difficult as he always had been before. "I would be bored without you. A girl can only do so much shopping."
The heat and the flickers of his power, the taste that it left teasing the back of her tongue, were heady and familiar. Elia leaned slightly closer, her eyes fluttering half-closed for a moment before she caught herself. "Mm," she hummed agreeably. "Watch the wards, watch the warlock... very well, Ringmaster. You should be impressed by my attempts to hide those frustrations – it's an effort I wouldn't put forth for just anyone."