Chapter 42: Tired

• DeLorna was still dumbfounded by Jefferson's actions. She didn't know why he had flared up against the elders. Anyway, she liked the feeling of being protected by her mate.
• She could hear the dead seriousness in his voice when he was talking to the elders and guessed he must mean all that he was saying and wasn't joking.
• In truth, she was scared by the strange reaction of the elders and guessed Jefferson must have noticed her fears and thus became angry at the elders for making her afraid.