Blackfeather Woods How home stays half the world away

For a moment Damien thought he'd gotten what he wanted, for Astara to welcome him in his life and see him as a guardian. But he just wasn't quite there yet. She jumped away from him, facing him with blue fire in her eyes and bare fangs. By this point Damien was convinced she could understand him when he talked to her, and so he believed she knew what he was trying to do. It was that which she was rejecting, for he'd felt it too, in his heart, that his embrace was just what she'd been needing.

Ok, ok! he said taking one step back. Even if his mind was telling Damien to kidnap the girl and be done with it, he knew that it would do no good to anyone. He couldn't just rip her off from Blackfeather Woods, not if she didn't come to him willingly, and he would have it no other way. Astara I need you to trust me, ok? he said, figuring he would need to find another way to get her and Averna back. Until she made it clear that she did, Damien wouldn't make another move, for what he was about to do could come out very wrong if she didn't.