"You can open your eyes, babe," said a gruff voice, "You really know how to make your man fluster, huh. But more recklessness like this one and you'll be a bag of bones for sure."

Upon hearing the voice of her savior, whom she initially thought was the Phoenix, Diana opened her eyes. A gasp escaped from her thin lips when her gaze met a pair of very angry bright blue ones. "D-Dylan..."

Dylan's grip around her shoulders and knees tightened when she called his name in a whimper, waking the monster below his navel. 'Fuck it! This is not the right time for this!'

Sucking in a deep breath...