Sunbeam Lair bury the hatchet

don't call me boss, she tells him. it'd been a 'roll off the tongue' kinda thing but a twitch of scarred brow is given all the same. in his experience wasn't that what leaders were supposed to be? the boss(es). the supreme power. the usurper king had been totalitarian and salvatore finds himself a bit confused that he's appeared to make her uncomfortable despite her laugh ( not for the first time ). there were going to be hard times when hard calls were made ...so who was going to make them, if not her? so she wanted to lead but she didn't want the power associated with it? he hadn't been kidding when he'd told her that things were different — much more so than he'd initially realized even.

❝outta the two, which do you prefer? title or nickname?❞ salvatore asks so he doesn't misstep again.