That return flash made her tsk, shaking her head. "Honestly, Derek. Your self righteousness is displaced all things considered. Motives mean so much and mine are about protecting others. What were yours," she taunted, moving suddenly until she was standing toe to toe with him.

"No, we won't be. We will prove that trying to take us on is futile. They caught us unaware once. That will not happen again,' she snarled, shoving him back against the door. "Never. Again."