Chapter 16: Don't Fight an Angel“Charlotte, I will not take you with me.” Lucas's body language spoke volumes as he stared at me, arms crossed over his chest. “It is imperative that you don't return to the Realm. You'll be recognized and captured.”
“What difference does it make? My own friends think I'm a spy!”
Lucas didn't bother hiding a glimmer of amusement that flared in his eyes. “Sometimes, my love, you act as you truly are. A twenty-one-year-old girl.”
“What's that supposed to mean?”
Lucas crouched beside me in the empty tent I'd commandeered. “It means that you are acting like a spoilt child. What did you expect them to do? Accept your sudden appearance as the prodigal daughter, returning home without question?” He watched me pointedly for a reaction, but I remained mutinously
