She Thinks Differently

Alamar had been the one to clue Blaise in on the fact that he needed to get closer to her family if he wanted Abby to see him in a more positive light. They had ended up chatting when he visited the camp to get an update from Carrick a few days before the restriction on visiting the village was lifted.

"I know how she ticks after having her live with us so long," he confided. "She would never be with someone who didn't get along with us because Katie is her best friend. You are trying to woo her, aren't you?"

Yes, but Blaise hadn't thought he was being that obvious. "Is there anything else I need to do?" he asked somewhat desperately.

Their relationship had settled back into its comfortable pattern of conversation like before but there were some definite changes because of the ribbon incident. There had been a subtle undercurrent of something running through their interactions ever since.