Audrey was both horrified by Yaxley's implications--that he would hurt her and that perhaps he already had hurt Lizzy Chambers--and impressed with the way that Will dealt with the bastard. There he went protecting her again. Audrey usually prided herself on being the kind of girl who could take care of herself, but in the last twenty-four hous Will had rescued her from several situations which even a witch of her considerable talents could not have gotten out of by herself.
Crossing the room as stood behind him was he stated at the door an slipped her arms around him. "He's gone," she whispered soothingly, resting her cheek against his back.