Provocation

CLARA'S POV

"Leo! Stop it" I screamed running down the stairs, scared that if I didn't arrive on time, Leo might kill Danielle. The look I saw in his eyes when he looked up at me, was the same one I had seen, the day I had my first encounter with him in school.

As I got closer, he pushed Danielle angrily. She landed on the floor with a loud thud, narrowly escaping the fact that she was to hit her head on the tiles.

Leo took a stern glance at me, and walked out of the sitting room without saying any word to me. I knelt down beside Danielle, patting her back gently.

She was breathing very hard and I couldn't help, but think about what she must have done to upset Leo in this manner. It has been a while I saw him like this, how was Danielle able to provoke him to thus extent.

"What did you do?" I asked her calmly, while she was still on the floor.

Her eyes were red and I notice Leo's finger print around her neck. I was happy to have gotten here early, he would have killed my best fri