The realization was as if she’d been struck by lightning. Sure, she knew that she wanted him to a certain extent. She liked him enough to want to kiss him and do some pretty intimate things with him, but that didn’t mean the sudden turn of her feelings didn’t alarm her. It had her pensive. And for the first time, Zala wasn’t sure she wanted to dip her toes in the lure that was Orpheus. As if reading her mind Orpheus said with his hands fisted by his side, “I’m not sure what I did to have you so… wary all of a sudden.” Zala swallowed nervously, looking at the helplessness he was scrutinizing her with. “But... You said you wouldn’t hide from me.” He said calmly with a slight frown. “Was I wrong to assume that you were someone who stuck to her words? It can’t be that you want to go back

