(Emma)
As soon as Nathan disappeared into the woods, I let out a long sigh and turned to Callan. “You didn’t have to growl at him, you know. He’s just trying to help.”
Callan shrugged, crossing his arms over his chest. “I don’t trust him.”
I rolled my eyes. “Of course you don’t. You don’t trust anyone who isn’t part of your pack.”
“I don’t trust anyone around you,” he corrected, his tone firm. “Not when Darius is involved.”
“Darius isn’t here,” I snapped. “And I can take care of myself.”
Callan didn’t reply, but the look he gave me said everything. He didn’t believe me. He thought I needed protecting even though there was no other way around it, and I hated it. Before I could argue with him, Lyra decided to put in with her annoying self.
'You know,' she purred in my mind, 'he’s not
