girls can be dangerous and still win
Venturing to King’s End had been simple – along air routes and maneuvering winds before she’d settled the Firecracker by Sunjata’s house and then went to bother him in town. There were hordes to talk about, but Melita chose to focus on one in particular while they perused the merchandise nearby.
The stalls themselves weren’t wholly plentiful, understandable, given the time of day and season, but she’d paused every so often, sample wares or hold her hands behind her back, the picture of innocence while her mind navigated several avenues, then burst upon one without a second thought. “Heard Colt talked to you,” she offered as a thread, eyes glancing at her uncle once with a slight smile, hoping it was because the Accepted had apologized and not railroaded something else.
The stalls themselves weren’t wholly plentiful, understandable, given the time of day and season, but she’d paused every so often, sample wares or hold her hands behind her back, the picture of innocence while her mind navigated several avenues, then burst upon one without a second thought. “Heard Colt talked to you,” she offered as a thread, eyes glancing at her uncle once with a slight smile, hoping it was because the Accepted had apologized and not railroaded something else.
Melita
she knew exactly what she was doing when she invited the wild in
