Noctisardor Bypass How would it ever get me by?

When he bristled, so did she. Druid felt a little guilty for her reaction, yet she couldn’t help it. Her emotions were fraught and her patience had grown thin, particularly with this man.

She opened her mouth to say something cutting when she clapped it shut again. She couldn’t just tell him why Etienne had gone, not without revealing the man’s secret. Druid made a frustrated sound before she could stop it.

Was there any way around it though? Besides, Etienne had left her here. She didn’t owe him anything anymore. She was equally exasperated and guilty as she inanely thought, In for a penny, in for a pound.

Because, Anselm, he’s in love with you! He’s not only afraid you’ll tear him a new one if you knew, he also can’t stomach watching you and Heda do—whatever you two are doing!

Her pulse pounded in her ears. Druid immediately regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth—they weren’t hers to say—yet she could not put them back. She ground her sparse teeth, now as angry with herself as anyone else.