"Answer the question first," he snapped.

Normally, he wouldn't have bothered wasting time with conversation -- she'd offered, and he'd been wholly deprived in the murder department for months now, after all -- but for some reason, he couldn't help it. He was stalling. Him, known killer and damn proud of it, and he was intentionally trying to buy Elle time. He couldn't say why, but all the anger and want in the world wasn't helping him get it the hell over with. Maybe Angela had done a better job on him than he thought.