Move On

A heavy exhale left Aidan's mouth when Anastasia asked that question. He took a piece of bread with cheese in his mouth and said, "She is doing fine. I have to check up on her now. Sometimes she just becomes aloof…" 

Anastasia didn't say anything because she wanted to understand why she didn't go back. Not that she would chide her husband or demand that Darla go back, because she wasn't that petty, but her presence in the camp would make things awkward. 

Ileus offered her a spoonful of rabbit stew and she ate it hungrily. He wiped the side of her lips and sucked finger while looking into her sapphire eyes. "Ileus Volkov," she whispered. "Your lewdness is only increasing by the minute." 

"I heard that," said Kaizan. "And I totally disagree. He was very lewd… always."

"What?" Anastasia whipped her head in his direction. 

"It's just that all of his lewdness is coming out now… on you."