you look like my next mistake
Flora huffs, rolling her eyes even as Jack’s assessment of the demigods gnaws at the edges of her frustration. "Okay, fine," she mutters, squeezing his fingers in return. "But still. King's End, the Grounds, and Halo were all attacked during LongNight, and yet they still think they’re in a position to make some grand stand against the Family, rather than, oh I don't know, trying to make the Refuge in King's End actually safe from the Family?" Replaying enough of the conversation in her mind for Jack to get the gist of it—that if the trio of them were strong enough to go to Starfall and steal from the Family's personal island then they were strong enough to get a little drop of blood from Dahlia—Flora exhales sharply, shaking her head before moving on, because there’s no use in rehashing the whole conversation.
"Dahlia said that if Ronin or Remi interfere again, they’ll be coming for me and Mateo next. So, infected or not, I’d say you can count those two out of your plans." There’s no real bite to her tone, but there’s something unsettled beneath her words, something sharp and uneasy that she doesn’t try to hide from him. She hates the idea that the Family has anything they can hold over her parents, but even more than that, she hates the idea that they might actually make good on their threats. All the more reason for Remi to cure Ronin, she thinks.
Which is why, instead of dwelling on it, she lets herself be drawn back into something lighter, flashing Jack a smirk as she nudges her shoulder against his. "Be that as it may," she purrs, tilting her chin up at him, "if you remember, I stormed half a world away rather than listening to your plans, soooo, if you care to initiate me, I'm all ears."
"Dahlia said that if Ronin or Remi interfere again, they’ll be coming for me and Mateo next. So, infected or not, I’d say you can count those two out of your plans." There’s no real bite to her tone, but there’s something unsettled beneath her words, something sharp and uneasy that she doesn’t try to hide from him. She hates the idea that the Family has anything they can hold over her parents, but even more than that, she hates the idea that they might actually make good on their threats. All the more reason for Remi to cure Ronin, she thinks.
Which is why, instead of dwelling on it, she lets herself be drawn back into something lighter, flashing Jack a smirk as she nudges her shoulder against his. "Be that as it may," she purrs, tilting her chin up at him, "if you remember, I stormed half a world away rather than listening to your plans, soooo, if you care to initiate me, I'm all ears."
