[Rosekitten]

Looking down at her he shook his head a little. "It's not silly, I volunteered to stay behind to ensure you finished your mission remember?" He looked back to the fire a moment though his expression seemed a little drained at best. "Besides.. what could go wrong, we've had such a smooth trip all this way." Now he was just being a smart ass about it, they had their ups and downs by far.

He didn't want her to find out till she had the items and everything was over what Vaden had told him. With these items it would seal the portal forever, and banish any demons in their realm back to the demonic realm. This included halfbloods. Though there was a chance instead of banishing if they were in this world the ritual would kill them. She didn't need to know that, she might refuse to go through with her mission.

All the times he had pushed her away was for her own good, she could call him selfish and he could have told her another story to make her think that was why he pushed her away. But truth of it was Vaden had told him once they started this quest that there was a chance if not a guarantee these events would take place.