Augustus winked, and to her great relief, asked no questions. Experience taught him years earlier that she would do what she wished to do no matter what he had to say about the idea. It was a lesson that she desperately wished Antonin would learn one day. While she knew that Antonin cared deeply for her to the point that he was almost constantly afraid that she was going to put herself into danger that he could not get her out of, it was frustrating. As much as she could appreciate what it felt like to be a control freak and how much it angered those they cared about, her patience grew thin.