I peer through a gap in the trees at his dark silhouette waiting a few metres away from the door. It creeks open and Megara slips out. There's a long pause before either of them say anything and it's too dark to see what's happening. "I'm Darius, Wren's brother" His voice doesn't sound angry or worried, it sounds calm and soothing. I hear a sigh and before I know it they're approaching me quickly. I shuffle backwards to try and hide myself. "You have a visitor" Megara says with reddened cheeks and a smile right across her face before disappearing into a tree. I look at Darius and wait for him to tell me how stupid I am, but he doesn't say a word.

I can tell by the look on his face that he feels guilty that he followed me, I feel the same guilt for leaving. "I'm sorry" we both say simultaneously. "What are you even doing out here Wren? Are you crazy or something?! Everyone's looking for you!" Darius voice gets louder and louder so I slap my hand over his mouth and hold it there. His screams try to escape but are trapped in my hand. "Darius calm down! I'm fine" I whisper as I slowly release my hand from his face. He catches his breath for a second and replies in the same hushed tone. "I can tell you're fine Wren, but you didn't answer my question" I look at him and avoid the question again. "How's Finn?" My whole body is tense and my throat starts to tighten. "Quiet, but angry. He knows where you are Wren and you know he'll be here soon enough to take you home" "So what are you doing here?" I watch Darius as he fiddles with his thumbs as he tries to gather his thoughts. "I'm here to warn you. The sooner you come home the better. The longer you leave it the more people will get hurt" Confusion takes over my mind and I stumble over my own thoughts, my lips part like I'm about to speak, but no words come out. "Trust me, you're more valuable to this who place than you could ever imagine. People will risk their lives for your protection, especially if you're here with the traitor" His voice is darker and more serious than I've ever heard it before. "Do you understand me Wren? I know you won't come easily, and I know things seem crazy right now but trust me. Please" He stares right into my eyes until I respond. I give him a simple nod of the head and even that takes effort. He places his hand on my arm and whispers "Goodbye Wren, for now". He disappears into the darkness.

By the time I gather my thoughts and return back to the shed Megara has prepared us a hot drink each. "So that's your brother?" Megara's cheeks are glowing almost as red as her hair. I sit opposite her and feel a smile breaking. "The one and only, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were rather smitten with him?" Megara freezes for a second as her face burns even brighter. I take a sip of the drink completely unaware of how hot it is. "Ouch!" Megara laughs and become comfortable again with the subject diverted from Darius. "I'm going to bed now, need to sort my head out" I place the cup down and Megara nods at me in approval.

I toss and turn for hours, thinking of all of the possibilities of what could happen, who could get hurt, how I could explain myself if I went back to my family, but all of them seemed easy to solve compared to the one thing I couldn't knock out of my head: Finn.