RETH
Unfortunately, Reth didn't make it back to the cave until well after high moon, when Elia was already asleep. He crept into the cave and shuddered. Her scent was everywhere and every molecule in his body responded. She must have spent a great deal of time in there today. He wondered what she'd been doing.
He remembered the look on her face when he ran from the Market and guilt washed over him in a wave. She'd looked so lost—and more than a little suspicious. He couldn't blame her. Behryn was right—he really wasn't doing a good job of hiding his emotions. She had him turned upside down and she wasn't even trying. But he'd been taken off-guard by her question—what had made her think they'd met before? He should have just told her. He was going to have to tell her. If she learned it from someone else she'd never trust him. He knew that, though he couldn't say how. Another Creator-given instinct.
