Selene gives Sparrow a worried look and picks up her pace, trying to catch up to Onyx.

“Hey,” she chirps.

He doesn’t answer her and keeps trotting along at a good pace.

Selene gulps down her pride. “So, Sparrow may have just mentioned to me that I messed up.”

Onyx still doesn’t say anything, but he does slow down a little.

“I wasn’t trying to defy you,” Selene explains. “I just didn’t want you to hurt a ...