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One corner of her h she were about to smirk at him But then it dipped and she frowned instead “In theory,” she admitted
“That seems to be my problem as well”
She regarded hi at?”
“I make demands,” he said in an honest tone “I believe you accept theo and chase after your friend Michael in the woods and end up broken and battered when you’d agreed to stay inside your cottage You take a stand against forty demons and try to kill a fire wraith, when I’ve explicitly told you to stay in the village”
She opened her mouth, likely to defend her actions, but he silenced her with a look
“You take the oath of a de full well it’ll send e”
Her expression turned remorseful
“And you accept e in keeping the villagers safe”
“No,” she quickly interjected “I wanted to accept that proposal froain I wanted tofor Lord only knehat Confirmation that he believed in her words? “There were no ulterior motives, Davian I just… I needed validation that it would all work out For us For your demons For my humans We all live in too close a proxihtly—no matter what the circumstances are”
She shook her head, as if that explanation didn’t fully encompass what she wanted to say
She took a few ain
“We were secretive with our romance, for the most part,” Jade said “That wasn’t the appropriate approach I shouldn’t have hidden ardless of whether or not they approved I should have been upfront—andthe engagement on everyone wasn’t fair to theh in surrender “I know I appear impulsive and reckless But I do think about my actions”
Davian didn’t say a word
She further told him, “The trouble I continually encounter is that what I do is driven by demon interactions I had to try to protect Michael when he left e I had to divert the fire wraith froround the first time he injured me I had to take Walker’s place because there was no one else to do it—and I possess the skills And I had to follow Toran to the border in an effort to stall the deh for your scouts to reach you and for you to return with your men”
Davian tried to reconcile all this in his mind