Shady

Ky huffed and started pacing again. She wanted to defend Tomhas's honor. But. Well. Gaius was right. Fuck. "He shouldn't be coming." What was she doing? Criticizing him? It wasn't ...

"I misunderstood a colloquialism when I was translating for him." She glanced back at Ash. "Upset his patron and lost him a rather large sale." She grimaced. "He didn't like ...

“If it’s too dangerous for me it’s too dangerous for him!” She threw a hand in the air and started pacing. “How is that supposed to be better? Him taking ...

“I embarrassed him, sir.” She flushed a bit, glancing away even though it was the truth. “He doesn’t like to be embarrassed.”

Not. A. Single. Thing. She reluctantly obeyed, brow furrowing more with each word. First that Gaius had told him she wasn’t happy. Rat. And then — she huffed and shook ...

“Yessir.” She dipped her head. “He sold me a day or two after he cut me. Sir.”

Ky looked back at him. No. No she hadn’t. “Oscar broke his leg and I can’t go home.” There wasn’t a single piece of news in the world good enough ...

“About six weeks, sir.”

She stared at him for another moment, then looked back at the letter. The answer is no. “They don’t want me there.”

(Let’s say two weeks before the beatings/departure so six weeks by now) “Oh, um.” That’s not at all what she expected him to want to talk about. She rested her ...

( ;-; ) No. No, this was… wrong. This was very, very wrong. The answer is no. She couldn’t remember how to read anymore; she was too queasy. The answer ...

“They seem to be on the mend, sir,” she answered. “Though I haven’t seen them today.”

(Owww)(“see ya Anneke good luck with the infant imma go see Ky and Emery”) ‘I can’t in good conscience—‘? What? What did that mean? That was an odd way of ...

“Yes, sir.” She nodded, looking back at him. “Your home is absolutely beautiful, sir.” Was that too close to what Emery said she should avoid? Hopefully not. “I particularly like ...

Ky kept smiling and nodded, as if Tomhas could see her to know she agreed that he should meet Pratik. Gods. She missed him. It was so good to hear ...