Elizabeth remained silent, with her head resting on Sawyer’s arm. She thought she knew what was bothering him, but she was respecting the fact he didn’t seem to want to talk about it.
Her suspicion was correct; she thought he was bothered about Selene, and he was. He was worried about her, and whether the man she had bonded with would care for her the way he felt she deserved.
He found it difficult to resist the urge to ask if Elizabeth would go and find Jonas’ pack with him so they could figure out what was happening; it was his concern that she wouldn’t cope with trekking through the forest that stopped him.
Elizabeth sat up beside him and looked at him for a moment before she decided she needed to say something.
“Did you mean what you said?”
He shrugged noncommittally.
“I don’t kn
