If Elise said that she wasn’t surprised by Max blocking her path, she would have been lying to herself. Honestly, she didn’t think he had much fight in him and that was a shock to remind her that that was not the case. She had forgotten about the one card rule. “Oh. It’s been years since I came to this school. I suppose I forgot about the one card rule. I’ll just have to keep searching for mine then.” His other words caused her to pause. What was she not telling him? What wasn’t she not telling him? She decided to go with a half-truth. “I’m just….worried for you. I don’t want to cause you any pain past what you’ve already endured. I know it doesn’t sound reasonable for me to be worried. I’m sorry if it is strange. I can try to stop.”