" Kari watched as Ryuu moved quickly. One moment he was in the corner, the next kneeling beside his charge. "Why do you describe it like that?" He watched her face intently.

"I don't know," she admitted. "But the dark never bothered me before coming here."

He stood, looking first at Kuruk and then Sebastian, both men nodded. Ryuu looked down at Meryn. "If you would excuse me for a moment denka, I will be back momentarily." He quickly walked out of the dining room.

Meryn just stared at the door. "He left me," she muttered. She hopped down out of her chair and started to leave, but the door wouldn't budge. "He locked it!" She put her ear against the door and then spun to face the table, a look of disgust on her face. "And soundproofed it."

Aiden shrugged. "It's like he knows you or something," he said, his lips twitching. "

― Alanea Alder , My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered #6)