Gunner looked at Sebastian as the man explained what would happen when Anna found out about Rae and the other woman. He sighed a sat down, resting his head in his hands, "We can't not tell her because we... you... we fear what will happen to her. It'll just be worse when she finds out then realizes we knew all along."

He tensed his jaw and looked at Serena and Sebastian, "It was my mother," He said quietly. Gunner never spoke of his mother, not once in all the years that he knew Sebastian had he ever spoken about her. He took a deep breath, "When I told Anna I was leaving..." He shook his head, his walls completely down as he struggled to speak as something got caught in his throat, "I had given her picture to a buddy and... he sent it around to some hunters to keep an eye out for her. They found her in Russia and I was leaving... To kill her," A tear escaped Gunner's eye but he quickly wiped away the moment of weakness, "I didn't ask her to come because... I didn't want to put her in danger. My mother killed my uncle and I didn't want that to happen to Anna, I knew I wouldn't be in my head... I figured with me out of the way, Anna would have a chance to show the Elite that there was a reason she was a part of the group... Anna didn't give me a chance to explain and then she was gone... I had to face my demons without her," He looked at Sebastian, "Since I've gotten here... everyone's been acting like I'm the bad guy. Like I don't want to be there for her... but it is really hard to be there for someone who wasn't there for you..."

Serena's jaw dropped, she hadn't been expecting that. Gunner had kept his head rather off limits to Sebastian, leaving the two of them in the dark about what was happening with him and why he had left, "Did you?"

Gunner shook his head, "By the time I got there... she was gone. But... she's close. She had been looking into me... Found pictures of me from the school and had them pasted all over this shack," He sighed, "She attacked a truck of guardians leaving court and that's why they sent me here.... It's the one place with more guardians than the court and not as many people coming in and out of it during the year..." He rested his head in his hands, "Maybe..... Maybe I'll talk to her," He sighed, "I... could use... one of her hugs," He muttered the end hoping his friends wouldn't catch onto it. 
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Rae walked into his room and ran a hand through his hair, figuring out all what he needed to do. He still had to call Anna, keep her on whatever string he had her attached to. He kicked off his shoes and walked into his room, pulling out his phone. His eyes fell of Kat sitting on his bed, making him smile, all thoughts of Anna slipping from his head. He shook his phone a little, "I was just about to call you," He put his phone into his coat pocket before he took it off and hung it up on the back of his door. He looked at her and smiled, "Mmm, I do like the look of you on my bed."

He chuckled a little before he jumped onto the bed next to her and caught the side of her face, kissing her. When he pulled away, he looked down at the picture she was looking at. His eyebrows knitted together, "Why do you have a drawing of Marks?"