"Tris, what do you think?" Eva says as she turns around in the dress she's trying on for dinner that night with Tristan.

Tristan can't take his eyes off of her. "I think I'll have to kill some men tonight." Eva looks at him startled and sees his eyes darkened in desire. Her heart speeds up and her own eyes darken as she smiles.

"Why is that, Tris?" Eva asks going over to him and running her hand up his chest.

"Because they won't just want to look, but touch as well and I'll kill them for doing so." Tristan growls and pulls her into his arms before kissing her hard, claiming her.

Once Tristan finally lets her go Eva hides the smirk that is threatening to come out and instead growls, "Don't do that again. I didn't do anything to deserve to be punished like that."

Tristan smirks and stalks after her, "Oh, love, but I think you would definitely enjoy the punishment."

Eva has indeed found that she enjoys the time she spends making love with Tristan, but there was more than a little punitive feeling in that kiss. That she didn't like at all. "If you wish for me to be willing in the future, Tris, you will stop this caveman action. If you don't like this dress then I won't get it." But Eva really liked this dress, it makes her feel beautiful and how Tristan looks at her makes her feel powerful too. Unlike how she felt growing up.

Tristan notices the sadness that enters Eva's eyes at her words and stops messing around. He sighs, "No, Eva, that dress is perfect and you know it. I would rather have the jealous looks of the men and the females then have them find anything to disparage about you. With that dress, the females are likely to be shooting daggers at you though."

Eva sniffs, "I can handle them shooting daggers at me. As long as you remember who you are with there won't be any problems." Eva warns Tristan as she looks herself over once more in the full length mirror.

Tristan comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her and pulls her to him. Bending down to nuzzle her neck he whispers, "I won't even see any of the other females there. Not when I have you at my side."

Kissing her neck Tristan has to refrain himself from marking her with a love bite.

With an epithet Tristan steps back. "I won't embarrass you tonight or tomorrow with a love bite on your neck, but there won't be any promises after that."

Eva looks at him in confusion, "What's a love bite?"

Tristan looks at her with amusement, "You remember all those red marks on you breast and torso?"

"And between my thighs? Yes," Tristan, instead of being embarrassed just grins happily at Eva.

"Yes, those are love bites, Eva. Some people call them hickeys. They are difficult to hide even with makeup and I promised I wouldn't let you be shamed in front of the camera's tomorrow." Tristan explains then steps back. "Get several dresses love. I need to take care of something, it won't take me long and RJ will still be here. I shouldn't be more than ten or fifteen minutes."

Eva looks at him quizzically, "What's going on?"

Tristan gives her a warm smile, "Nothing to worry about, love. I should be back before you are done shopping. Use the credit card I gave you if I'm not." Tristan says then kisses her before leaving the room.

Eva stands still for a bit as she hears Tristan giving RJ instructions that she can't tell what they are.

Shaking her head she takes off the dress. She's definitely getting that dress and the one that Tristan liked for the gala the next night. She goes over to the dress selection they brought in for her to try on. She calls RJ in when needed to help her do up the dresses or take them off. In all she finds about five dresses more than the ones Tristan knows about. 

She just finishes the purchase of the dresses when Tristan comes back in. She likes the astounded look he gives at the amount of dresses she is buying. "I hope that means you are planning on sticking around for some time."

Eva raises her eyebrow's, "You are the one that doesn't want me to answer your question until tomorrow night after the gala."

"Fuck, Eva, I hate this."

"Does that mean you want me to tell you my answer now?" Eva taunts him. She knows that it's driving him crazy not knowing the answer to his question. He can't even go by the clothes, because his ex girlfriends would have taken that as their due just being with him while shopping.

"No. I'll somehow survive until after the gala tomorrow." 

Eva stops walking out of the store with his words. "Why are you so set for me to answer after the gala?"

Tristan sighs, "You need to know the people of my social level. They are beautiful on the outside, but many are nothing but corrupt husks on the inside. I want you to be sure that you can stand them, because once you tell me yes, I won't easily let you go. I love you, Eva, and should you tell me no, I'll respect that. But it doesn't mean I'll like it.

"I love being with you and with your daughters. Lassiter tells me that Daniel will be here the morning after the gala, did he tell you?" Tristan says blindly grabbing hold of any subject to get away from the emotional overflow that is drowning him. He really doesn't know what he'll do if Eva finds that she can't stand his social peers.

"What?" Eva stares at Tristan in shock. "They found Daniel?"

Tristan moves back slightly at the anger in Eva's eyes. He shouldn't have said anything. He's never seen Eva so angry. He shivers at the look as Eva takes out the phone he'd given her and pushes a number. 

"Lassiter, you found Daniel and didn't tell me?" Tristan bites his lower lip at the anger he hears in her voice. He can't hear what Lassiter's response was but he winces at how Eva's expression grows even colder.

"Yeah, well he didn't know that you hadn't informed me. Why didn't you? He's my brother, Lassiter, I had the right to know!"

Eva listens before all but yelling, "No, you are not, Cain was. You don't get to decide what information I'm told. You asked me to trust you on finding him, I did. But obviously you didn't trust me." With that Eva hangs up and Tristan manages to grab the phone before she throws it in anger onto the ground.

"If you don't like the phone I'll get you another one, but no reason to throw a perfectly good phone onto the ground."

"Lassiter, doesn't trust me, Tris. I have given him no reason to not do so."

Tristan pulls her into his arms, "That's not true, Eva. He does trust you. I think he trusts you far more than he trusts even me. I think he held back the information for another reason. I'm sorry. I didn't know that he hadn't told you."

"Is he hurt? Is that the reason he's not here yet?"

"He's in a city a couple of states over. They found him in an abandoned warehouse. He was dehydrated, malnourished, and physically beaten. His former foster parents have been taken into custody for child abuse. He's given a full statement to the police there."

"Tristan, there's more, isn't there?" Eva holds onto Tristan's sleeve to keep him in place. She searches his face.

"Yeah, there are signs that he was sexually assaulted both while on the streets and while he was in foster care. Police have also found some videos his foster family made of him."

"They made videos? Sexual ones?" 

Tristan can't speak just nods. "There is no doubt that his foster family, all of them, not just the parents were part of it. It's on video."

Eva starts sobbing and Tristan pulls her into his arms. "Like his older sister, Daniel is making sure that they are going to jail. They threatened him and he's thumbing his nose at their threats. We'll have to take him back for the court dates."

"Tristan, I don't want him to have to go through reliving that again and again as they are brought in for trial."

Tristan pulls her to him and holds her as she sobs. "I'll talk to Daniel when he gets here. If he doesn't wish to face them in court then I'll make sure that they plead guilty."

Eva pulls away a bit to look at him, "How?"

Tristan looks down at her and smiles softly, "You really don't want to know, Eva. This is part of my life I don't want you to participate in."

"You'll threaten them?" Eva says and smirks.

Tristan nods and gives her a smile in return, it's faint but there. "Come, the girls wanted to have lunch with you before they have to go down for naps." Tristan leads her to the car and ushers her in.