Chapter 17

　　Louisa’s POV 　　“You just can’t stay away from trouble, can you?” Lucian asked when he pushed me into my tent. 　　“He was badly injured and they still wanted him to fight. It’s not fair! He’ll be killed!” I said. 　　“Why do you care? He’s just a rogue.” Lucian said. 　　He saw the dead body of the young soldier in my tent and frowned. 　　“I care because I have a heart! Unlike you!” I shouted. 　　I regretted it straight away. 　　It wasn’t fair to say something like that to him. 　　He had taken so many risks to help me. 　　But sometimes he was like a walking dead… a living corpse to me. 　　I really didn’t know what was underneath his calm and tranquil appearance. 　　“I’m sorry…” I whispered, “I didn’t mean to…” 　　He looked away at the dead soldier. 　　“Did you kill him to get away?” Lucian asked. 　　“He wanted to kill me and take away…” I wanted to “pearls”, but I realized I couldn’t afford to tell anyone about the pearls, so I paused. 　　“He wanted to… hurt me.” I lowered my head and said. 　　Lucian