“Well I didn’t tell you not too.” She grinned with a laugh. “I haven’t given you the dagger yet. Hand me everything and I’ll set it to the side.” Elissa held out her hands to take his coat and pistol. “And what was distracting you, Captain?” She asked with a raised eyebrow. She sat his belongings on a bench and took his hand again. “Now are you ready or are you distracted again?” She was teasing him. 

Elissa thought she was making it obvious that she was interested in him. Honestly she’d only asked him to dance so she could spend time with him and to show Rhea that he paid more attention to Elissa than to her. The woman seemed jealous even though Joseph had said she wasn’t his lady. She’d happily claim Joseph as hers. “So do you really not know how to dance at all?” She found it a little hard to believe that he couldn’t dance at all. Of course as kids they’d never danced. They’d fought, wrestled, raced, and made childhood memories.