LOREN
Eyebrows still raised, Loren smirked at Eloise’s statement. ”Is that so? Why your grace, I’m positively scandalized.” Sarcasm practically dripped from the words.
Sipping his flask, he let out a huff of laughter at her comment. ”I’ve noticed.” Astra at least kept her friendly, open, and curious nature, and she let out a happy bleat as the duchess kneeled down. The luxere continued to twine around the woman, making almost a full circle.
Eloise’s laughter earned her a wry grin, though one that wasn’t exactly amused so much as acknowledging. ”Takes one to know one.” His voice was dry and had just the barest hints of self-deprecation.
Raising his flask in a toast, he tossed his head back as she did, quite capable of holding his liquor these days. When he finished, he flashed her a humorless smile, more bared teeth than anything else. ”Sharing is as overrated as friendliness. I always found it pays more to be prepared.”
He nodded at her analysis of the Hollowed Ground. ”Definitely landlocked. As for boring, well, I suppose that depends what you’re into.” As she stripped, he didn’t comment, though his eyes wandered over her body lazily. At her offer, though, he tilted his head. ”Such a kind offer.” Then he shrugged and took another drink. ”Sadly, it would require me to know how to swim.”
Sipping his flask, he let out a huff of laughter at her comment. ”I’ve noticed.” Astra at least kept her friendly, open, and curious nature, and she let out a happy bleat as the duchess kneeled down. The luxere continued to twine around the woman, making almost a full circle.
Eloise’s laughter earned her a wry grin, though one that wasn’t exactly amused so much as acknowledging. ”Takes one to know one.” His voice was dry and had just the barest hints of self-deprecation.
Raising his flask in a toast, he tossed his head back as she did, quite capable of holding his liquor these days. When he finished, he flashed her a humorless smile, more bared teeth than anything else. ”Sharing is as overrated as friendliness. I always found it pays more to be prepared.”
He nodded at her analysis of the Hollowed Ground. ”Definitely landlocked. As for boring, well, I suppose that depends what you’re into.” As she stripped, he didn’t comment, though his eyes wandered over her body lazily. At her offer, though, he tilted his head. ”Such a kind offer.” Then he shrugged and took another drink. ”Sadly, it would require me to know how to swim.”
look at how a single candle can both
defy and define the darkness
defy and define the darkness
