At the feel of his hand on her shoulder, Mirabella tensed and spun around to face him, quickly backing at a few steps, holding Grounii closely to her. For a moment, it seemed like she much dash off after that, but she knew that would just make her situation look even worse. But, then again, this young man seemed to be doing a fairly good job at making it even harder for her to stay calm because now he was saying that he wanted her to take him to the cottage where she and her mother lived. Oh, why couldn't she have just kept her mouth shut? Why hadn't she just said thank you to him and went on her way? She was seriously beginning to regret not staying within the safe boundaries of her mother's protective spell.

She seemed a bit nervous as the two stood there, her searching for what her answer would be and finally found herself shaking her head and taking a few worried and cautious steps from him, "N-no. My mother wouldn't like me bringing a stranger home." She wasn't exactly sure what this man was up to, but it didn't feel safe. Even if she was just a human living in the woods like he thought her to be, what reasons did he have for 'wanting to see this cottage of hers for himself'? It wasn't making him look good that was for sure. 

She took a few more steps back, almost stumbling over some roots of a tree as she did and catching herself on the truck of the same tree, feeling her heart pounding at the situation she was in and what it might mean for her and her mother if things continued to go downhill. Why did she feel so intimidated by him, even though she was more powerful with spells up her sleeve? Maybe it was the high class disposition of the young man? Or maybe it was the not knowing what he was up to? 

Well whatever it was, she didn't like it. Standing up straight after having caught herself on the tree, she nervously moved her gaze back to him, trying to keep as much distance as she could from him in this small clearing, "You have no reason for coming to my home and it would be dangerous of me to allow a man I don't know see where I live."