`` you know i like your place more than my own . '' i tried to read the expression in her eyes , but i could n't tell if she was pleased by my surprise . he answered with a mouth full of bread . he looked up , up again ... and stared harder at the woman who 'd just entered the cage lined with steel bars . he just did n't get the hint that i was trying to put serious distance between us . and the muscles underneath those tattoos ... sweet mercy . 