Teaser Tuesday #81

"Are you my woman?"
I was still confused. How were we back to that?
"I don't get it," I told him.
"Kia, sweetheart, are you my woman?"
"Mostly," I replied without thinking, encroaching into territory we needed to explore but I didn't think it sensible to breach at this juncture.
I watched his brows snap together again and I also watched his entire body get tight.
"Mostly?" he asked quietly and very, very scarily.
Oh man.
"Yes," I changed my answer hurrily. "I'm your woman."
"That's a better answer," he whispered again very, very scarily.
"Sam-"
He cut me off again.
"I protect my woman as I see fit. You agreed with that."
"Well, yes, I did," I concurred. "But how does this fit into that?"
"I protect my woman however she needs to be protected and whatever she needs protection from." Oh.
Now I got it.