The parish church barely coming in view, Aribelle was immediately besieged by Barnibus. The tall thin man embracing her into a tight hug, his arms wrapped around her slim frame so tightly that each of his hands curled over her shoulders. The Priest gripped them as if Fawn were the last drop of water in a desert.
Refraining from passing a disparaging remark on this display, Cassius simply looked on in displeasure. Their connection making him even more protective of her as his Mate, Cassius snarled slightly as he suppressed his natural instinct to pry Barnibus from her instantly. Against the idea of returning to the village after they were already so close to being free from the interlopers' company, he had tried to persuade her to dispense of the notion completely. However, finding himself helpless to her ardent desire to see those she had been so reluctant to abandon in the first place, he had given in with minimal resistance.
