Chapter 106. Blame

"I am okay; I simply went roaming about." Aakifahlynn stuttered. She had not looked at Demarion, so she missed the emotions that racked through him.

Aakifahlynn's refusal to meet Demarion's gaze clearly showed her defiance and independence. She had purposefully done that and had been doing that since their last conversation a few days ago.

She had nothing to say to that man if he would continue to lie to her. Well, not lie, but she knew he was not telling her the truth, the whole truth.

Yes, she believed him when he said her safety was important to him, but why?

Why was he not being transparent about the serpentine creature she saw?

How did he always know exactly where she was? Even her first night back when she spent that night by the lake in a cave after she bawled her eyes out.

That was him. There was that undeniable pull Aakifahlynn felt then, and if she was honest with herself, she always felt it when she was around him. But she always