Stone Circle Now I am as devoted to you as I can be without crossing the line

Laurel wasn't sure what it was that she expected of Xan, what she wanted. Other than protection. But he was a male and so she distrusted him as well, as she would any male, least of all one that she knew for sure her suspicions were true. He would not choose her at all, he would choose with other instincts than the ones she longed for. Had she still had Indra she would not need Xan but here he was, and Indra was nowhere to be seen because she died. She wondered if he knew, but then her mind flashed back to when she'd found Indra. He had been there. She could not help but wonder if he had anything to do with it, made her this, broke her like this, just so that he could catch her now that she was weak.

He offered to leave, a question that was far too complex to really answer at all. Laurel looked taken aback at the question and she hesitated for the answer. Why are you here? She wasn't looking to hear that he was here to recover, because he simply had nowhere else to go; why was he here? Why was he really here?