Phoenix's eyebrows drew together in wonder as he looked at her. "How come?" he asked. He wondered if he projected himself as someone who liked the defenseless sort of girls? Wouldn't that be a bad thing? Not that he gave anything other people said into any real consideration. "My father admires my mother's strong nature. I suppose I got it from that."
It wasn't too much of a surprise to him that his siblings were quite known in school, so he acknowledged her words with a small, curt nod.
Phoenix could only smile admiringy at her comment. "Are you saying you have plans of killing me?" he asked then, amusement apparent in his tone. "Then lead the way, Dominique."