After some time Iefyr decided to join Tolanda upstairs. She looked up at him from where she had sat herself on the floor and he stood over her. “Please can I sit with you?” he asked and Liv decided to leave them alone and headed back downstairs to give them a moment. “Yes,” Tolanda granted permission for him to sit and he positioned himself beside her but not too close. “I am sorry for the way I behave at times… I do not and probably never will understand why you care for him… I only react the way I do because I have come to care for you, Tolanda, very much so. Your sweetness and your innocence… I suppose even your ability to see the good in someone like Ievos, they are all good qualities in a person. You are truly wonderful, and I still feel protective of you because I do not want you