Arabella Thornhill:- "Are you sure that you have to go alone? Please, let me come with you." Elias said, trying to convince me to take him with me to the forest to meet Declan where he has agreed to meet, to prove me that he is not a coward when everybody knows that he is one and I am sure he must have got something in his sleeves. "No, Elias. I told you that I need to do this alone and trust me. He won't do anything to me now. And, if he tries, then you will know. You will feel it too through our bond, but if it makes you feel a little bit better than you can stay nearby, but not too close. Okay?" I asked, "Just stay away so Declan can't smell you." Elias’s brows furrowed, his hands clenched into fists. I could almost see and hear him struggling to understand what I had said. He was no

