I know it's hard to abandon your path
The sharp, crackling pop and the sudden implosion in the air snapped Noah’s attention from play to pure, focused interest. His wings stilled mid-beat as he watched the disturbance ripple outward, felt the pressure change even from where he hovered. Well, that was new to him.
Curiosity kindled brighter than the flames he’d just thrown, somewhere deep within him the ingrained feline instinct prickling. Angling closer to the Firecracker, the vast white bulk of the griffin folded inward until the great wings were the only part of the beast that remained. A heartbeat later, Noah descended in his half-shift, then fully human, boots finding the deck of the Firecracker with a solid thud as he grabbed the railing to steady him.
He straightened and looked to the cannons with open, unguarded fascination. "Ludo make those for you?" His glacier eyes lifted to Melita, a grin tugging at his mouth. "Or the Gilded Market?"
Curiosity kindled brighter than the flames he’d just thrown, somewhere deep within him the ingrained feline instinct prickling. Angling closer to the Firecracker, the vast white bulk of the griffin folded inward until the great wings were the only part of the beast that remained. A heartbeat later, Noah descended in his half-shift, then fully human, boots finding the deck of the Firecracker with a solid thud as he grabbed the railing to steady him.
He straightened and looked to the cannons with open, unguarded fascination. "Ludo make those for you?" His glacier eyes lifted to Melita, a grin tugging at his mouth. "Or the Gilded Market?"
When this is all that you have
