"It was. Nothing. Shadow was just. Testing her. Combat capabilities. He wanted to. Know that. She could handle. Herself." Grugda replied to Kace's furious question.
Shadow looked like he wanted to smack the Eljein upside his head. Like he had lost all sense of reason. To be honest, he felt slightly betrayed. 'Why aren't you telling him about the danger she poses!' It was needless to say that Shadow was still fixated on killing the Dryad before she managed to do anything else to Kace.
"Is that right?" Kace asked as he slowly fixed each of them with his steely gaze.
"Yes, Shadow here was kind enough to demonstrate how an assassin might come at me. Since I don't really have any combat experience, his pointers were most beneficial." Lilly quickly managed to look like she was sincere as she lied through her teeth.