章 14: Book 1 : Chapter 14 His

October 12th

When we eventually arrived back at the house, it was already 5:00 pm. Leo had carried me back to the car and I had sat silently in the car the rest of the journey.

"You almost got yourself killed today, Ella," he said when we reached the yellow light of the hall and he had set me down on the ground. "How did you end up in that forest?"

"I needed to do something important," I said, "and I'm fine. Just a little shaken."

"You mean you chose to go out there?"

I swallowed and knowing I couldn't lie, I just nodded.

"Why?" he asked, "why the fuck would you do that?'

"I already said. There was something important."

"What could have been more important than your life?" He said, pulling me into an embracive hug and leaning down to nuzzle his face into the crook of my neck.

He abruptly pulled away, revealing his darkening eyes, "whose scent is that?"

"The rogues, you saw what they did," I said innocently, even though I knew exactly who it was.