He gave a small nod, and I smiled back, and that was it. He understood that I'd understood that he'd understood. It took us one sentence, two looks, and a nod - with another woman it would have been at least five minutes of out-loud talking. Lucky for me I spoke fluent guy.
Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101580899