Carina

Evaline suppressed a groan, and there was an uncomfortably long pause. She looked down and saw a wolf circling them and the sighed in defeat, leaning back against the tree. ...

Evaline shook her head. "It wouldn't be suspicious," she said. "Your fake power is still a lot different than mine." She paused, thinking. You have it backwards, she wanted to ...

Evaline nodded, not responding right away since she was chewing, but it also bought her time to think. Right. James's cover story. She did him a favor by telling everyone ...

"I don't know," Evaline said flatly. "Why don't you tell me more about being an assassin first?"

Evaline sighed loudly. She wanted to fight and not answer her question, but if she wasn't from Earth, then she probably didn't even care. She didn't know the context, and ...

Evaline's mind halted as those three simple words seemed to oh-so-casually spill out of Jerica's mouth like it was an icebreaker introduction. "What?" she said flatly, shifting her weight on ...

Evaline almost shrugged, but stopped herself since it wasn't like Jerica could see her anyways. "I'll answer your question if you answer mine," she said. "It's a simple exchange of ...

"Funny, I was thinking the same thing when you mentioned you were a soldier," Evaline said dryly. She wanted to exchange information? Fine. She could exchange information. But she wasn't ...

She knew Jerica was asking her what her occupation was, but it took all of Evaline's willpower to not resort to sarcasm. Human. What else do I look like? She ...

Evaline brushed off her pant leg, sending some dirt and grass down to the ground as she thought about Jerica's questions. She sure wasn't going to reveal anything more than ...

"What about me?" Evaline asked back curtly after her sudden topic change.

Evaline sighed through her nose. "Fantastic," she said in a monotone voice, staring ahead. Well, she didn't concern her anyways. She was at least partly a soldier, so she knew ...

Evaline scoffed, rolling her head to the side since it was too rough for the back of her head. "Is there any part of you that isn't complicated?" she asked, ...

If she didn't learn that Jerica was literally from another world, Evaline might have been much more wary of her. But she wasn't from Earth, so did it even matter? ...

Evaline raised a brow in the darkness, thinking of the implication of Jerica's response. "So, you're a soldier," she said. It was supposed to be a question, but it came ...