*Ada*
“Why are you here?” I ask Jareth. I don’t have time to waste right now, not with Benjamin just waking up.
He smiles. “Like I said, I just wanted to thank him.”
“This has nothing to do with the fact that Delilah is the one who attacked him?” I ask.
He freezes, his eyes darting around the empty garden. It’s cold, and nothing is growing. There was nowhere for Calvin or Michael to hide. There was nowhere for the three other guards I’d spotted to hide either.
“I’m stronger than anyone realizes,” I lie. He can’t know Benjamin is awake yet. “I smelled her in his wounds.”
He holds his hands up, nods to Calvin, and sits on a bench. I sit beside him. “I didn’t know, but I started to suspect I last night. She’s been a wreck, and I thought it was just about Callum. I honestly
