Chapter 1039 He Knows More Than I Do

• Fallon
• I’ve forgotten all about my conversation with Maebelle when Zayn returns, peeved at being dismissed, and Maebelle is fetched by her personal guards and whisked away. My mind is elsewhere within ten minutes, which are spent walking through the underground tunnels that weave throughout the city with Zayn at my side, casting me in his enormous shadow. His chilly aura is bright now after having lunch forced upon him and feels even warmer when we reach the arena, where I choose a shady spot on the stone steps to perch, overlooking the golden sand and warriors in their human and wolf forms below.
• Zayn sits a step behind me, ever watchful, but far less frowny and cold.