Your past and mine are parallel lines
A small part of her rebelled at the thought of changing the letter, even though she knew Zavien was right. The way she'd written it, it did feel like Kaisel making amends was an afterthought, like it was something that he could treat as optional. So she crossed that part out, re-writing it to make it clear that making amends was the important part of the statement, then read it aloud once more: "If you plan on making amends, Zavien and I would like to suggest dinner in King's End. There's a steakhouse here that we'd love to show you guys." Surely that wasn't so bad, right?
Heart pounding in her chest, anxiety already whispering in the back of her mind, she bit the inside of her cheek as she considered. She didn't want any part of this - not for herself, and certainly not for Zavien, but... there didn't seem to be any way around it.
She wished she could talk with Flora, explain why they didn't want to be around Kaisel without either making her best friend defensive of her husband or hurting her feelings. She wanted to discuss her upcoming move, her pregnancy, all of the updates that she had about life without the shadow of Kaisel's words hanging over her. But even if she wrote to Flora now, would her best friend make it to King's End before this doomed double date?
"I hate this," she confided quietly, her gaze lifting from the parchment to Zavien. "I wish things with Kaisel were different." She'd never regret the choices she'd made that had led her to this moment, but she did lament the loss of a friend, if that was indeed what Kaisel had been to her. "But even if he tries to make amends... I don't think I can trust him anymore." And yet, her life would remain intricately tied with his because of her friendship with Flora. There was no way around interacting with him, so maybe it was best to try and move forward in a way that would at least not result in open hostility.
Heart pounding in her chest, anxiety already whispering in the back of her mind, she bit the inside of her cheek as she considered. She didn't want any part of this - not for herself, and certainly not for Zavien, but... there didn't seem to be any way around it.
She wished she could talk with Flora, explain why they didn't want to be around Kaisel without either making her best friend defensive of her husband or hurting her feelings. She wanted to discuss her upcoming move, her pregnancy, all of the updates that she had about life without the shadow of Kaisel's words hanging over her. But even if she wrote to Flora now, would her best friend make it to King's End before this doomed double date?
"I hate this," she confided quietly, her gaze lifting from the parchment to Zavien. "I wish things with Kaisel were different." She'd never regret the choices she'd made that had led her to this moment, but she did lament the loss of a friend, if that was indeed what Kaisel had been to her. "But even if he tries to make amends... I don't think I can trust him anymore." And yet, her life would remain intricately tied with his because of her friendship with Flora. There was no way around interacting with him, so maybe it was best to try and move forward in a way that would at least not result in open hostility.
Stars all aligned and they intertwined
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
