•Hayden•
By the time we reached the palace, Gavin and I were walking side by side, so I took the initiative to question him.
“Why did you come?” I asked Gavin, referring to his sudden appearance in the abandoned garden.
“To protect you. No one else goes into that place. Don’t you find it weird that she would? In search of you? What if she wanted to do something to you in there? No one would ever know.” Gavin spoke with hushed whispers, looking behind us from time to time.
I knew that he was throwing Dahlia dirty looks and it was ridiculous.
“What could she do to me in there? Kill me?” I scoffed.
Gavin stopped and looked at me, the expression on his face spelt ‘Yes’ in capital emboldened letters.
“She couldn’t even kill those filthy rogues.” I said, pushing past Gavin and continuing
