"I think it's more than settling," Ella admitted, not at all happy with it, if her tone was any indication. "When we quarreled, you attempted to let me know how bad things were with him; you needn't have. I already knew, and I worry that he'll do something entirely foolhardy to protect people. Not like the last time," she alluded, not specifically mentioning the drink or the injury, "but something to give into her demands."