Revealing History

Alaric finds himself tuning in to Willow sporadically to check she is okay, the sound of Azalea crying making him hurt, his head shaking as he stands.

“Mate, give them chance to tell the witches about you,” says Gwenael, but Alaric shakes his head again.

“No. She was crying when I left, it’s been an hour since then and she’s worse than before. I need to check, there are too many there for me to see clearly. Anything could be wrong.” He can’t ignore it; leaving he walks quickly there and stops outside before he opens the door, everyone turning to look at him.

His eyes flit to Azalea cuddled up against Willow, her face hidden in Willow’s chest.

“What did you all do to her?” Azalea unpeels herself from Willow at the sound of Alaric’s voice, running to him and enveloping him in a huge bear hug.

“Nothing. This is only going to get more complicated if anything, so sit down, Alaric. M