"I didn't think you'd leave your pack and go looking for trouble or I would have warned you." He said, and the slightly condescending tone was back. I gritted my teeth as I felt another rush of anger. "I wasn't "looking for trouble," I was trying to stop thinking about YOU!" I replied heatedly, my cheeks feeling exceptionally warm as I admitted that. He seemed taken aback, staring at me with his inscrutable expression back in place. "I went to town to clear my mind. I had no idea I'd be captured by beings that I thought were mythical and then physically abused while they tried to get me to tell them your location." I continued, my tone darkening as I remembered my painful experience. That, combined with Gabriel's cold and antagonistic attitude right now, was incredibly aggravating and I

