Shady

“That’s who I mean,” she said. “Is he telling everyone?” She looked around anxiously, half expecting Michael to be right behind her. “Does—gods.”

“Wait, what grapevines?” She looked at him in alarm, eyes wide. “Is he… telling people about me?” Gods.

"Understandable," Ky said quickly, nodding. "...Tomhas suffered, too."

Literally nothing seemed safe to say in response to that. She inclined her head carefully.

(haha valid. My mom is super into genealogy is the only reason I knew it. She and my dad are like third cousins twice removed or something. Far enough away ...

(haha all good ^^) (also I looked it up and am proud of myself that I was right with first cousin once removed xD) "...Oh?" she looked at him curiously. ...

omg xD

(Nice! I had been referring to Uhtred before you did the sneaky switch xD but this is a good name too!) Thank gods she hadn't listed Septimus as one of ...

(watch me butcher this spelling xD) "Nice to meet you," she offered a little smile and short bow of her own. "Are you...? How are we related, do you know? ...

Ky smiled a little, dipping her head. His easygoing nature was disarming. She didn't like it. She willed herself to be more wary of him. "True enough... I don't think ...

She tensed, watching him warily. Then she took a deep breath, forcing herself to relax ever so slightly when she realized he wasn't turning it on her... yet. It took ...

Ky blinked at him. Was he toying with her? It felt like he was toying with her. "... it was?"

She had a prick of guilt at the look of his disappointment and she nearly offered her hand. But then her brain stopped at what he said. He was a ...

"...Oh?" She looked at him warily, glancing at his hand then back to his face. It was stupid to let him get ahold of her hand if he wasn't nice. ...

Ky blushed a little, glancing back at him. "Well... you seem nice." She offered a little smile. Her morbid curiosity wanted to test on him whether he could touch her ...