"You can go back to your room." He smiled gently at the girl, and for a moment he didn't looked like a kicked dog, he seemed like himself. "You can stay safe. And try to smile. It may hurt you to see me like this, but you have no idea how seeing you like this hurts me." Seeing him as if he was a distant stranger. Her not knowing him. Not recalling anything that the two of them went through together. He hated how she couldn't know how fiercely he loved her. His hand gently traced her cheek, and it took everything in him not to kiss her. If he wanted to be the one he loved, he needed to out smart James. Kill him. And to do that, he needed Ava safe.

"I'll take you back, Come on my lady."