Rowan ran even before he knew it himself. His legs gave chase on instinct as soon as he saw the girl went into the forest.
His legs were longer, so he managed to grab her elbow and stopped her from running further. She tried to let go of his grip at first, but he persisted. Yet when he saw her troubled face, his gaze softened. He dragged her to under a huge oak tree.
"Hey," he told her, "No one else is here."
He saw her blinked once. Then she hugged herself a little. Something was troubling her during the fear simulation. It shocked him too that Hilda was doing that sort of training suddenly. But he thought it would be a good chance for Seraphine to deal with her past.
He was wrong. Seraphine was not ready.
"What happened inside the simulation?"
She bit her lip. Her brows creased
