Back in the library. Instead of rushing out to help the screaming girl, Lucian didn't leave the library and also didn't allow Ave to leave immediately. When she dropped down from the desk he had placed her on, when he was busy messing with her senses, he blocked her from rushing out to see what was happening to Isolde and why she was screaming so loud when it was just a horse and not some beast chasing her.
Ave glared up at him. At this moment, when she feared that something bad might happen to the young girl, she didn't let her embarrassment make her flustered or shy after what they had been doing before the interruption. "Move aside, Lucian, and let me pass," she said impatiently as another loud scream came from outside.
