Shady

Ky gasped softly, grinning and nodding her head, excited that she finally got to tell Zander. She’d been trying to protect him. But it was exciting that she got to ...

Zander considered for a moment. “I expect you were the first person to show him kindness in the past six hundred years.” “That’s what Gaius said, too,” Ky said, glancing ...

Zander sighed softly, rubbing his face. “This is a lot to take in.” “That’s why we didn’t want to tell you.” Zander frowned at her, she deflated. He hesitated a ...

Zander looked at him for a long, long moment, considering this revelation. It’s what he’d been expecting when he started this interrogation. And yet it hit different now that he ...

Like hell it was. Gaius could try to play himself off as a deity all he liked. Zander didn’t trust Gaius, and Gaius didn’t trust Zander. And that wasn’t an ...

Zander raised an eyebrow. “Is that a threat?” Pratik didn’t move, but he was uncomfortable as he imagined how this could play out. There were very few scenarios in which ...

“There’s very little else that you could have been lying about in that statement,” Zander insisted. “And the Seer called you on it. If it’s not that, then what is ...

“So he does exist,” Zander said. “Well, something exists close enough to have you both convinced it’s him. Is it close by?”

“And you would be okay with that?” Zander raised an eyebrow. “You’re telling me that if you caught me lying about a 600-year-old cryptid that may or may not put ...

Zander looked at him for a moment in silence. He wasn’t going to do shit. And they both knew it. He wouldn’t hurt Ky for any reason whatsoever, even in ...

“Then why are you acting like you have something to hide?” “I’m not.” She glanced at him again. He raised an eyebrow. She looked away again. “I’m not hiding anything.” ...

Ky wasn’t sure if their presence made it worse or better. On one hand, she now had back up. On the other, she now had witnesses for when she inevitably ...

Zander flopped down on one of the couches with a contented sigh, and yawned. Pratik, too, sat down, body language nonchalant, but he was still very alert despite it all. ...

The dinner had eventually gotten less tense, and Ky started breathing again, but her avoidance was still strong and she did her best to engage with anyone other than Zander. ...

(Haha okay perfect! Maybe sometime after dinner, then, so there are fewer POV to keep track of? Also fewer witnesses since I feel like this is not something most of ...