“We are bound by a strong thread, Ivy.” Ivy growled and scrubbed her hands down her face. “I can’t even with you. You make it so I don’t want to be mad, but I do want to be mad, and I should be mad, so I am mad.” He tilted his head to the side. “You are a confusing female.” “And you are a stubborn male.” “I do not know this word.” “Yeah, well…figure it out, spider man.” Ivy turned and strode into the foliage. “Stay close,” Ketahn grumbled. “I know!” She swept her gaze around her surroundings as she picked her way through the big leafy bushes and muttered, “I’m not stupid.”

