Chapter 255: Attack (1)
Annalise looked around at the people walking by her, trying to figure out which direction the call came from. There were too many people walking around and too much noise for her to remember which way she heard the call.
Annalise started to panic because of the terrible timing. She knew that her father would send someone to look for her and bring her home, but she never thought it would be in this situation that she would be found. Walking with the Callahans and the knights was the worst time for someone to find her.
Her people would look to ambush the Callahans and the knights to take her. Had she been walking the market alone, Annalise wouldn’t have been so worried, but being seen with knights was a different story. Being seen with Rafael was going to cause a lot of problems she didn’t need right now.
She needed a lot of luck to not be taken today. The only good thing at the moment was the fact it was early in the day so they would not try to take her just yet. Night would be their time to try, but Annalise wanted to speak with them before they tried forcing her back home. She was going to enjoy every bit of her last few days with Rafael and did not care who would not like it.
"Annalise," Rafael said, touching her shoulder to calm her after he noticed the fear that filled her face. She looked around like she sensed something bad and he couldn’t help thinking Siena’s guard had something to do with it.
Rafael would like to have his knights drag the man off to question him about Travis and then dispose of him, but they needed to wait until they were out of sight from the people watching his family to make a move. Rafael wanted it to happen quickly without alerting Travis’s men who might be watching.
In fear of what might happen, Annalise shook her shoulders to get Rafael’s hand off of her and stepped back to put some distance between them. Protecting him made it look like she disliked his touch and Annalise immediately worried about what he was thinking now.
Rafael’s eyes widened, confused by her reaction. It hurt to see her look at him and react like his touch was the worst thing in the world. He didn’t like the times when he couldn’t understand Annalise.
Rafael placed his hand back at his side. He had touched intimate parts of her last night, but now she was back to not wanting to be touched. He sighed, tired of taking steps back, but he was going to continue to be patient with her in hopes she would one day open up to him.