"Maybe you should stay out of my garden." It wasn't hers, not so much anymore, but she spent more of her life here than anywhere else. This was her home. Her safe haven. This was where she met Elias.

Noble didn't get to ruin that and act like an asshole about it.

Daff felt the heat rise to get cheeks again, angry and frustrated. He should know she couldn't just stop, no matter how angry she was, no matter how reckless she thought he was being, so utterly irresponsible. The thought bubbled up to the tip of her tongue before she could stop it, "But I can love him and still want the best for you, you absolute idiot " It came out in a harsh whisper hanging in the air between them like the cloud of the breath she used to loose the words.