Shady

Good luck with that. He wanted to have words with Tomhas, too. There was a fight brewing. She could feel it. “I’m fine,” she said, not enjoying that he was ...

Ky very, very hesitantly stepped into the hall. It was empty. Which was confusing. She looked back at him. “…well… he led by calling me a spy. So… no. I’m ...

“About a week and a half ago,” Ky murmured, also quiet. She nodded to the man holding the door for them, twisting so that she and Tomhas could both get ...

Ky glanced back at him, stopping. No chance she was approaching the door without looking at it. She needed to be able to see if Aleth was there with a ...

Ky nodded. “He cut it off… well… I haven’t actually seen him yet.” She wasn’t sure if he’d emerged yet or not. She hadn’t left her room more than a ...

“Yessir-sorry-“ she ducked he’d head and stepped towards the door.

She blushed a little and glanced away. It didn’t feel nice to be laughed at. “…his. He won’t be talked out of it.”

Ky grimaced. “…sorry.” This was going to be awkward. Admitting that basically everything she’d said to this man had been a lie, from the first moment she met him.

“He’s planning to go fight the gods,” she muttered, exaggerating. “He wanted to do it so he could heal while Sara is traveling.”

“… the library? If that’s okay? S-“ she looked at him inquisitively.

Ky shook her head. “Sera cut it off… I’m surprised he didn’t tell you. He did it the day he sent the— … you came before you got them. Ah.”

Ky let out a little breath and nodded. She supposed she couldn’t force them to admit it if it was a trap. She glanced back at Emery. “…yessir.”

“Literally,” she murmured, looking at him. “He’s been in bed ever since.”

“… did we fall into one trap? Or two?” Her gaze flicked back towards the door. They’d fallen into Ash’s beyond a shadow of a doubt. Well. Tadaaki had. But ...

She hugged him again, too, even tighter. This was painful. So, so painful. She was so upset with him for coming. And yet she had to be strong for him. ...