Shady

Ky laughed again and dipped her head. “Glad I could help.”

Ky looked at him for another moment then ducked her head. She didn’t want them trying to confirm her story, either. But. Well. Hopefully by the time Ash sent men ...

Ky laughed and ducked her head, grinning. “Fair enough.”

(Good with me!) Ky stopped short, looking at him in alarm. “Why would you want to track him down? I…” she shook her head. “I don’t want to go back. ...

“There are lots of people to talk to,” she said with a little smile. Not that she wanted to talk to any of them herself. But. Well. This wasn’t about ...

“I do too,” she answered quietly. They’d have to see. She wasn’t going to write off the possibility of ending up in the dungeon five minutes after the tour. For ...

“Of course.” She dipped her head. She must have embarrassed him. Oops. “…I… am glad that it helps to have them.”

“Me too.” She smiled a little as she looked at him. She was glad to be rid of the beatings for a few weeks anyhow. “It will be nice to ...

“I’m sorry,” she said gently. “That’s hard to live with.”

“It’ll be fine.” She shrugged. “The risk is worth it to be back with my family.”

“ Awful. ” She wrinkled her nose and shook her head. “Paranoid and angry and violent.”

“Perhaps.” She shrugged. “I don’t know much about him, honestly. Just what he’s like now.”

“Hopefully!” she said brightly. “That’s what the letters are about — getting my parents’ blessing before we start out.”

Ky nodded as well. “Lucky for him. I’m glad he didn’t have to experience Ryken the way Tadaaki and I did.” She subconsciously rubbed her abdomen.

“Oh, Al wasn’t with us,” Ky said, shaking her head. “We met him in the cage. Ryken taunted the whole lot of us before he left so Al knows his ...