Wren's Pov
The next few days after that, I kept an eye on both Caelum and Jessica, noting their reaction to each other, how they both went out of their way to avoid each other. The bad feeling in my chest only grew.
I had tried to trip Caelum many times, dropping in Jessica's name suddenly in conversations just to catch his reaction but Caelum was difficult to read when he chose to, I only caught a hint of guilt and fear from the mate bond before he blocked me out, it only strengthened my suspicions.
Jessica was not such much better, choosing to keep quiet whenever his name was brought up, the claw marks over her neck faded over time. I badgered her for answers but she smoothly and swiftly evaded each question every single time with precision and grace.
After a while, I stopped asking
