"Of course not," He shot back heatedly, "I'm the furthest thing from it, I can assure you, madam!" Logically speaking, he knew that this woman likely didn't work for Witch Weekly — perhaps hadn't even read the article that mentioned him — but he couldn't stop himself from railing against her as if she had been the very witch who had written that awful nonsense about him!

He barely paused to take a breath before he ranted on, "My opinions are solid and only changed when proven wrong - a trait that should have put me in the 'eligible' category not the 'stay away from' category! It's not like I cling to ideas and beliefs just because they are mine. Lesser men are stubborn and don't admit it when they're wrong. That is most certainly not what I was doing when it came to dueling and I'll have you know that I am all for women's dueling... and not just to save face!"