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This occurred very early in their relationship…

7: Melodrama

He suddenly appeared, blocking their path and bringing the kidnapping attempt to an abrupt end.

The two miscreants released their painful grip on her arms and tried to run. A crystal slammed into one, burning the troll into ash in seconds.

As she stood paralyzed with fear and shock, he leapt past her to grab the second troll with talon tipped hands. She heard a brutally short scream and two bloody halves of troll crashed in front of her.

"I told you to never go outside the gates alone!" he roared in her face. "Never! Am I wasting my breath whenever I speak to you? Are you unable to comply with the simplest request?" He was furious. His eyes shimmered from icy blue to an inferno of gold and back again.

Speechless, she shivered. She was as afraid of him in that moment as she had been of the kidnappers.

He glared at her, outraged at the darkening bruise on her face. Suddenly, he roughly enfolded her in a fierce hug. She stiffened in fright and then felt the tremors running through him, his entire body like a coiled spring. He gasped out one broken sob.

And then she cried.