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Jennalin just barely heard Raevyn's words. "You are succeeding." She said, although it would be unclear to Ashriel whether she was speaking about Ash's drawing, or about something random to Raevyn. Ash was still silently puzzling over the mystery glow. Wait - it was the same color as the bear's glow had been.

Ashriel looked up, and she stared at Raevyn. "That bear had watched the first night! I saw it; well, I saw its glow." She told him, holding up her drawing and pointing to the mysterious color - the bear's glow.

"I probably only saw him for a split second - I only saw his glow. So maybe he was fetching help." Ashriel told Raevyn, bring the picture back down. That was the only answer that she could come up with, but it was evident that Jennalin had another answer.

Jennalin bit her lip before speaking. "My brother's been trying to elude a gang of weres for a while now...ever since mother and father moved away. Perhaps it is that same gang. They've probably spotted me and Ash together, and they could see this as a vantage point to get both you and Luke." She said, her voice quieter than normal. There wasn't any evidence that she was going to give up a reason why Lucian had been targeted, but she seemed certain of the idea. "The bear was probably overseeing your wolf - trying to make sure he only stirred you, or injured Ash. Trying to get you, and my brother, wary. Because those who are wary are easier to catch off guard."

Jennalin looked at Raevyn quietly. "That's the thing- he won't tell me." There was no need for her to add that he almost never kept anything from her. "He's just been moving a lot...and switching jobs whenever he could." She took a deep breath, looking at Ash. Yeah, Lucian had told her years ago the punishment for what they were going through was - when she was last in the situation. She figured she'd better not say anything. Knowing Ashriel, she'd run out in the middle of everything to give everyone else a chance to get away. Sometimes, her friend could be really stupid.

Ashriel looked at Raevyn as well, not speaking. Some part of her wanted to know what the punishment for what was going on. But another insisted that she did not ask.

Jennalin looked at Raevyn, taking her bowl quietly. She'd known for a long time that whatever Lucian had done was serious; Raevyn's decision came to no surprise to her.

Ashriel looked at Raevyn for a moment, thinking quietly. She started eating once it was in front of her, not speaking. Already she had figured Raevyn had decided something of that sort - he hadn't left her alone before.

Jennalin's eyes dipped to look at her phone, which she was pulling out of her pocket. A text from Lucian. "Luke is going to have to work late tonight because of what happened earlier. He won't be home until one or two. He says I need to stay over here." She read aloud, showing the text to Raevyn after she'd finished reading it.

Ashriel's face brightened almost immediately. A sleepover! Yay! It sounded really fun to her - it had been sooo long since she last had one.

Jennalin ate a couple more bites before speaking again. "Would you mind going over there with me to get my overnight things?" She questioned Raevyn, hoping that he would say yes.

Ashriel stopped eating about halfway through her bowl of soup. "I'm full." She was only feeling ill, really. Not stressed. This wasn't stress, right?

Jennalin nodded at Raevyn. "You know, you could bring Ashriel over with you." She glanced at Ashriel's bowl, a frown overcoming her face. "You really should eat."

Ashriel look between Jennalin and Raevyn, shaking her head. "I really am full, I swear!" She said. Okay, maybe it was just that she felt like she was going to vomit. Maybe that was the only reason she wasn't eating. But she wasn't about to tell either of them, no matter how pale she was slowly getting.

Raevyn's hand felt cool against Ashriel's skin. She frowned - that couldn't be good. Usually that felt warm against her cold skin. "Yeah, I'm fine." Liar, her mind yelled out. There was no way that she was fine right now. Something was probably just going around.

Jennalin nodded. "Then it probably would be okay if I just ran in and grabbed my bag with you, as long as we only leave Ash for a couple of minutes."

Jennalin nodded. She shut her eyes for a moment to allow Raevyn to create the link more easily. It was a strain on her to try anything with less than two weres around - she could probably only read Ash occasionally because of her slight amount of power.

Ashriel pouted. "I'm sure it's nothing." She answered simply to Raevyn's comment, although it was obvious that she knew that she was lying.