Shady

“Me endangering literally your entire family isn’t enough?” she asked dryly.

Wonderful. Looked like a lot of fun. Couldn’t wait. He looked at Bay coldly. “I still haven’t heard my alleged crime.”

Ky tightened her grasp around herself and shook her head slightly. She wasn’t about to take credit for rescuing Lyra. No chance.

Ky let out the quietest of breaths and dipped her head. She was still terrified. But… maybe less so? Aleth was trembling now despite himself, though he kept his expression ...

Ky blinked at him. This… this seemed like an iffy subject.

(*laughs in cruel writer*) “And… and you’re sure you-he-“ she glanced towards where Ash had disappeared, then back at Emery. “Isn’t going to change his mind? Or… or… that I’ll ...

“What?” She furrowed her brow at him.

Aleth was disgusted with himself. But he also was in no rush to recover. Gods only knew how bad this was going to be; the stench was already overpowering from ...

“Lyra wouldn’t be here if I didn’t lure the assassins to your doorstep.”

Aleth leaned against the wall as they got the landing, panting and trembling from the effort. “… thank you,” she repeated, ducking her head. She was willing to talk. About ...

“You’d have left your real-birth?-first-? Family to come visit Gaius at a time like this?” she asked skeptically.

Aleth gritted his teeth, considering it a moment. Fuck. He huffed and started down the first step. Better than adding insult to inevitable injury. She forced a smile, but it ...

Ky gestured at him. The state of him revealed the truth. “You took on a troll. Trolls. Because of me.”

“…no.” Aleth set his jaw and shook his head. “I haven’t done anything wrong.” Ky ducked her head and reluctantly forced herself to sit back down. “… thank you.”

“It… it’s different.” She shook her head. No. No she didn’t have the first idea of how to express this. She was quiet for a long moment. “… you don’t ...