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"Know what?" Zayne asked, scrunching his brows.

"That you're my protector? If you had said just mates, it would have been fine, but protector?! How did you know that? I never once mentioned that to you?" Layla queried, dropping her hand from his face and trying to take a step back, but his hand on the small of her back stopped her.

"In fact, how did you find me? How did you get here?"

"Sylvan did." He replied, and her eyes widened.

"Sylvan?! How? Why did he tell you?"

Why would Sylvan bring him to their base? Wasn't he afraid that Zayne would snitch?

"Because I wanted to see you. I needed to see you."

"But how were you able to know that he was part of the rebels? Did he tell you? Did you find out he was a spy? Did you force him to take you to me? Please tell me you didn't threaten to report him to the parliamentarians." Layla fretted, trying not to imagine the worse.

'I hope he didn't find out and threaten Sylvan. It would be really really bad if he did. No wonder Eleanor was worried