“That’s what you were doing all that time you were gone? After I was attacked by the feeder? You were looking for a way to free yourself.” Fisher’s eyes were hollow. Slowly, he shook his head. “I was looking for a way to save you.” “So you evoked the waiting period. For me. For my own good. Because it was the right thing to do,” I snapped. Fisher laughed, the sound bitter. “Rejecting the bond altogether would have been the right thing to do.”

