I quickly looked away from him. I watched the shore as the sea foam moved in and out and I took a breath every time that it did.

The giant split his time between watching me and glowering at the men that passed us. He split his attention between looking down at me and making sure his scowl made the passing men run away.

The waves were crashing against the shore more violently as the sun began to slide down the sky and leave an orange trail on its way.

A gravelly voice pulled me out of my daydream "Twenty questions."

"Twenty questions?" I repeated while sending him a confused look "You want to play Twenty questions with me?"

He nodded once. It was a small movement that if I blinked then I would have missed it.

"I do want to know more about you." I accidentally said aloud so I covered it up by joking "Keep your friends close but your acqenemies closer."

Stone has still not taken his heated gaze away from my face. His study continued flicking between my mouth and my face while he waited for me to say something more.

"What if one of us doesn't want to answer a question?" I questioned.

"Forfeit."

Curiosity picked at my insides, and I quickly replied, "What kind of forfeit?"

His dark irises once again flicked between my eyes and my mouth. His fixed gaze rested more upon the latter of the two.

I tilted my head up at him and waited for an answer.

"A compliment." He finally forced out.

The deep raspy voice was husky every time he spoke. It always sounded like he had not spoken in a while, or he had just woken up. There was something primitive about the way he spoke. It was like every word counted for something.

My body always reacted to his voice. My toes curled and a shiver ran down my spine which forced my chest to edge out a little more.

I gasped dramatically at the idea of paying him a compliment.

"You are an evil man, Lurch." I informed with a hum before I agreed "I'm in."

"You can go first, Medusa."

"How chivalrous." I said sarcastically before coming up with a random question "If you were abducted by aliens and you could only take one thing then what would you choose?"

There was no hesitation from him. He did not even take a second to think about his answer.

"You." He grumbled out quickly and nonchalantly.

I almost tripped over my own feet. I took a breath and told my feet to keep moving before I faced him again.

"Why?" I asked while frowning up at him

"To annoy you." Stone did not meet my eye when he answered, nor did he when he changed the subject "What are you most scared of?"

"Apart from getting abducted by aliens and having to spend the rest of my life with you?" I rebutted.