Madeline’s POV

“Was he always like that to you?” Uriel asked as he was putting water in the small basin from the river. “I thought you two were already close to each other?”

What I only did was to furrow my eyebrows and blink at him. I unconsciously placed my hand on my chest and felt a sharp pang in it due to the physical impact when I hit the ground a while ago. My eyes went to the tree house, where I suspect Victor is right now.

“No,” I confidently said with a small voice, ...