It's Sorcery

Maverick's POV

I looked at Ellen questioningly but Brynlee squeezed my hands tightly. As much as I wanted to respect her wishes, this wasn't one of them.

"Tell me what happened, Brynlee" I asked, looking at her sternly for the first time.

I saw her looking scared and my heart broke but that was the only way to get her talking. She was one hell of a stubborn person if pampered. I steered my heart into stone so she could come open.

"I... She... She saved me, truly. She did save me" she stuttered, incoherently.

I sighed helplessly at her shaky emotions as Ellen sent me a mindlink to stop. She was going to explain everything to me and that Brynlee was in a sensitive state due to the pregnancy.

"She saved you? Won't you tell me how she saved you?" I asked, letting go of my stern face. I put on a smile just to tell her I wasn't angry.

Then slowly she told me how she almost got crushed by the shelf but was save luckily by Cassy.

"Although I doubt her sincerity but she indeed saved me and I