“Wait, she attacked him?” Ashleigh said. She picked up the journal, turning back the pages to when Irina was mentioned. “I didn’t see that. He said she was upset and wanted to leave the cave but not that he attacked her.”
Clara smiled and took the journal from Ashleigh, turning the pages forward.
“That’s because you didn’t read far enough.”
Clara handed the book back, pointing to a particular page. Ashleigh took the book and read the entry.
[ September 22, 19XX
I knew it was a risk to try and enter the cave when Gorn had already told me to leave it alone. Still, I was surprised when Irina shouted at me to leave. I tried to reason with her, to ask for just a few samples from the tree.
She attacked me. Luckily it was only a few minor injuries, nothing Fiona needs to know about. I don’t particularly want to be the reason for a war to break out between the packs.
