As soon as she left, I took a quick bath, I dressed up. Clara walked in to see me in a better mood than before.

"I thought I was going to meet you worse off than I left you," she said, and I scoffed.

"She tried, she just couldn't get to me," I responded, and she laughed.

"That just makes me feel great..." she answered.

"Have you seen..." she cut me off, as she took the words out of my mouth.

"Yes, he left yesterday for a hunt. He hasn't returned since. He had been worried, thought you ...