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It takes all my concentration to control my emotions. I'm standing in a dragon's nest, with no dragon in sight. I'm giddy with excitement for discovering it, but also scared to death at how close the group has gotten to the dragon's hideout. I slow my breathing to level out my heart rate and try to think about my next move. The group must have been alerted by Catherine about my fall and would most likely be retracing their steps to find me. I cannot let them find this place. I start backtracking to where I fell, ready to take my chances climbing up the steep hill, when a shuffle of movement comes from in front of me. My heart drops and I think am I too late?

I stand motionless, sweat starting to bubble on my forehead. The shuffle becomes more prominent and suddenly a human pops out between bushes. I stare in complete horror at a person I thought I'd never see again. Cassian strides out from the shadows, his dark hair and violet eyes striking me with memories of the life I once lived. I can't move from under his intense stare, I'm frozen and captivated as he moves closer, confidence seen with each step.

He finally reaches me and I swallow from the mere space that separates us. He's too close and unwanted. I feel my feet stutter back, trying to flee from the impending attack. But Cassian's hand wraps around my wrist, stalling my movements. "Let go," I order as I shake my arm, trying to break free. He simply shakes his head and his grip tightens, only confirming his seriousness to the situation. I stop fighting and sigh out, "Why are you here?"

His violet eyes dig into mine, swirling with emotion I can't fathom as he breathes, " You scared me, Jacinda. I thought I lost you." I can only stand there in response to his words, because I can't think of any myself to retort back with. As we stand there, Cassian is about to speak when suddenly a shout breaks our trance, "Jacinda?" I break eye contact first and they travel up the hill I took the tumble down and they capture several flashlight beams at the top. They group finally made it back. I stare at Cassian and as I'm about to answer the call, Cassian's hand covers my mouth and an arm slithers its way around my waist and I'm pulled into the shadows.

I grapple with Cassian in an attempt to escape, but once again my struggle was worthless because with an arm still wrapped around me, Cassian pins me to him and I have no way to free myself. I hear leaves crunch and a shout, "Be careful" from above. A thud rings in my ears and the voice once again calls out, "You okay?" This time an answer is given, "Yeah I'm fine!" I turn my head in the direction the voice came and immediately recognize it as Will's. Will has climbed down the hill to find me. I shift my head around in an attempt to see him.

I don't see him, but I hear him as he searches and once again calls out, "Jacinda?". I breathe silently, because even if I did get away from Cassian I wouldn't be able to reach Will before once again I'm caught. Before I can think any further the hand from my mouth is removed. Surprise, I blink at Cassian, but don't get to ask why he let go because instead of one arm around me, both now are and I'm lifted as he stands. As he starts walking he says, " Pretend to be injured" and he takes my arms to wrap them around his neck so I'm secured.

I don't even get to argue with him because we break out into the open to where Will is. Will turns from the noise we made and instantly we make eye contact. However, he breaks it as he stares quite intently at Cassian. I squirm in his hold, but he tightens his grasp and he makes his way to Will, "She hurt, but not too badly." I stare at our surroundings only now remembering the home we're standing in and hope to the heaven's that no dragon decides to come back to rest. I grip Cassian shirt, fear that the dragon will suffer a terrible fate and Will's eyes shift to that movement.

Will asks, " Who are you? I don't remember seeing you in the group." Cassian isn't affected by the question and he smoothly answers, "I'm a friends of Jacinda's. I came to visit her today and she called me saying she was in trouble. So I came as soon as I could." Will stares at me again and the only way to make this situation seem less strange is to go along with Cassian's story so I confirm it by saying, "This is Cassian, a friend from my old hometown." Will's facial features begin to soften as he starts to believe our story, but I ramble on with, " When I fell down the hill, I twisted my ankle and I couldn't walk. I didn't know anyone's number by heart and I couldn't call my mom on account that she doesn't know I'm here so…" I trail off seeing that the ending of it is pretty much self-explanatory.

Will nods his head and says, "Come on, let's find a way to get back to the group." Cassian simply nods and Will leads as we make our way. I stare at Will hoping he's not looking at the surroundings too much, but with the moon light once again being covered up by the canopy and the only source of light is from a flashlight, my worries of him discovering the dragon hideout starts to diminish.

I'm still in Cassian's arms and I glance at Will before I whisper, "You never told me why you're here." Cassian gazes down at me with a tilt of the head, making our faces become closer, letting me see actually how deep in color his eyes are. Cassian's deep voice startles me and I realized I must have been staring as I took in every distinct feature of his face, " You left." I sway in his arms, even more aware of my past then I ever wanted to be. I look at Will again who seems oblivious to Cassian and I and I wish I could follow suit so I could get out of this circumstance.

Cassian and I have a past that has been intertwined since we were children. Because of are long history, feelings were present, but they mostly came from his side. I look back at Cassian and his eyes are still on me, "Jacinda…" he doesn't get to continue because Will clears his throat and says, "uh… We just have to go up this path and we'll be back with the group." He looks at us like he just interrupted something very important, so I try to space myself away from Cassian as much as I can while I'm still being held by him.

We continue to walk in silence, awkwardness so thick you can almost see it, and after what seem like an eternity, we finally reached the group. Catherine is the first one I see as she comes hurdling out of the crowd. She looks at me to Cassian and back with obvious curiosity, but it doesn't halt her words as she says, "Thank, God you're okay!" She tries to hug me, being she could only wrap her arms around my head. I smile at her and said, " Yeah, I'm fine, just a sprained ankle."

Catherine nods, but points to my knee and says, "You have a cut. You should get that cleaned." I look down and sure enough where I ripped my jeans, my knee suffered the blow too. As I'm about to answer Will comes into the conversation, " I have a first aid kit right here." Before he heads over he whispers something to one of the other members and he nods. The man shouts out, "We're going to head out first and they'll meet us. Come on!" They all stand up from the spots and put away their water and soon they're walking off on the hunt again. Too bad for them they're going even farther away from the dragon, but I smile, happy that even though this situation was unintentional it helped distract everyone.

Will has made his way to us and he says, "They were getting antsy so I thought it be best for them to go ahead." He looks at Cassian and says, "You can put her down and I'll patch up her leg." I object immediately, " No, Will I can do it" and reach out towards the supplies. He places a hand on top of it before saying, "I insist." Cassian decides to interject and says, "If it makes you more comfortable, Jacinda I will do it." I blink at Cassian then Will both staring intently, waiting for my decision and I helplessly vibe Catherine out with a stare desperate for help. I finally get her attention because she turns to me and her mouth opens into an O shape and she nods her head. She steps forward making herself noticed and declares, "Let me do it, I'm a nurse in trainer." Both guys didn't even get to react to her words, before she grabs the fist aid, kneels in front of me and starts to clean my cut.

I sigh out my distress that shouldn't have been caused over something as idiotic as putting a band-aid on a scrape. When she's finished I say, "Thanks, Catherine." I keep up the act by standing carefully as I tend to my "sprained ankle" and say to Will, "Well, looks like I can't go further. I think I'm just going to head back." I glance at Catherine and nod in the direction to where we should go and she nods, ready to leave. Cassian approaches me and doesn't even ask before I'm lifted back into his arms. "Cassian, this isn't really necessary. " I attempt to get down, but Will intervenes, "No, you shouldn't put weight on it, or it'll get worse." For some reason he looks pained as he speaks. I look at him and give him a small nod and reside to my fate, stop fighting against the hold. Awkwardly I say, "Okay, well good luck, I guess." Will nods and says, " Yeah, um thanks for coming guys." Catherine says goodbye and Cassian remains silent and soon we're splitting way.

The walk back isn't as painful as the one with Will, since Catherine won't stop talking about me falling down the hill, and her heroics as she sprinted for help. I know I will be reminded everyday about how she "saved" my life on this faithful day. We leave the park and Catherine waves goodbye and says she'll text me and that's how I was left alone with Cassian.