Amalia
the shield of safrin
What has Evie missed? Amalia smiles, but it holds little warmth. "A lot. But I want to hear about you first." She holds onto her friend's hand desperately, eager for good news, to preserve this calm for as long as she can. Soon it will all fall apart, and their histories will change.
Surprise doesn't even begin to cover how Amalia feels about Maea's return. "She said she somehow wound up in Halo- and that only a week had passed for her. But she disappeared right after that whole queenship thing and... I don't know. It's strange." Shaking her head, she looks to the older woman for an opinion. There are few she would be as frank with, almost none left who know the history between them all.
And then there is Zariah, and Loren, and the Shield cannot help her deepening frown, obviously unhappy with where her sister has wound up. Still holding woman's hand, she begins to walk through the woods. "Evie... I trust you, but... be careful, okay? The Lauceleyns... they're not like us. Not like anyone. Even Loren. He's a good man, but..." Anxious and unsettled she moves to drop Evie's hand, uncomfortably rubbing her own wrist. "He's kind of a mess. And I can't have anyone else I love getting hurt right now."
Surprise doesn't even begin to cover how Amalia feels about Maea's return. "She said she somehow wound up in Halo- and that only a week had passed for her. But she disappeared right after that whole queenship thing and... I don't know. It's strange." Shaking her head, she looks to the older woman for an opinion. There are few she would be as frank with, almost none left who know the history between them all.
And then there is Zariah, and Loren, and the Shield cannot help her deepening frown, obviously unhappy with where her sister has wound up. Still holding woman's hand, she begins to walk through the woods. "Evie... I trust you, but... be careful, okay? The Lauceleyns... they're not like us. Not like anyone. Even Loren. He's a good man, but..." Anxious and unsettled she moves to drop Evie's hand, uncomfortably rubbing her own wrist. "He's kind of a mess. And I can't have anyone else I love getting hurt right now."
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
