Shady

“Oh?” Ky asked, curious enough that she stopped working and turned to look at Lady Constance. “Inside?”

Ky nodded, the motion awkward against his chest, but she was going to hold him until he pulled away. The hug was for him, but she’d be lying if she ...

“That sounds lovely,” Ky said, stuffing some kindling in the hut she created. “What sorts of decorations? Like… tapestries?”

Ky furrowed her brow and her impulse was to pull away to chastise him, but she decided he needed the hug still so she didn’t. Pull away, that was. “That’s ...

“In what style?”

That hit her harder than she ever could have anticipated — taking it one step further than her hesitant ‘I love you’ — and made her melt. She hugged him ...

“Is your Keep much like this one, ma’am?” Ky asked as she busied herself.

Ky breathed deeply to give him a rate to match if he wanted to. And also to calm her own racing thoughts. She tried to think of how to comfort ...

“Yes ma’am.” Ky smiled and nodded to her then walked to the fireplace and knelt down. She wasn’t actually good at building fires. But. Well. She’d give it her best ...

Ky hoped it would. If nothing else, that it would make him feel more grounded, and hopefully safer. She pulled him into a tight hug, being careful of his shoulder.

“Would you like me to stoke up the fire, ma’am?”

“It’s okay,” Ky said, tightening her embrace again. “We won’t tell him… do you want a hug?”

“Perfect.” Ky smiled and followed her in, taking a moment to assess it before she went too far.

Ky glanced at him, then inclined her head. “Okay.” Probably a good plan, honestly. She figured he’d want to know. But was getting increasingly convinced that she should have just ...

“Not sure,” Ky admitted. “They said that they can only come through when the ‘veil is thin’ but I didn’t get around to asking what they meant by that. And ...