I stared at Leon and groaned. "Not you again" I said under my breath. Apparently, he heard me, because he laughed--a rather hollow, probably angry laugh, but a laugh all the same.

"Yes, me again" he said again, and I stepped away from him,, pulling Cio with me. "What do you want with her--or with me, for that matter" I asked him sourly. "Or do you just want to sap the strength of the group that's trying to stop you?"

I figured that must be it, at least in my case. After all, I was new to the group, and a stronger fighter than Tessa--probably why he had left her alone.