Phoebe
The joke was enough to make the Nightingale fake a gag. "Unless Frey commands it, that won't be happening. Even then I would heavily protest it." she said, shaking her head. She had but one child, and that one child would remain just that. Besides, she knew well enough that Sunjata had never wanted children. A war wouldn't change that stubborn man's mind.
It was satisfying to hear the tone in Remi's voice as he said the Queen's name. The incredulity of it soothed a part of her aching soul, and she nodded to confirm at indeed Maeve was Harper's new choice. "I'm holding up." she said with a slight shake in her voice. It was a precarious thread pulled taught in her heart. "I have to." she said, nodding to the babe in her arms. She couldn't fall apart with Jude to think about. "But I am not sure I can stay in Torchline like Harper wants. It's too painful." And being in such close proximity to Maeve was certainly unsettling.
It was satisfying to hear the tone in Remi's voice as he said the Queen's name. The incredulity of it soothed a part of her aching soul, and she nodded to confirm at indeed Maeve was Harper's new choice. "I'm holding up." she said with a slight shake in her voice. It was a precarious thread pulled taught in her heart. "I have to." she said, nodding to the babe in her arms. She couldn't fall apart with Jude to think about. "But I am not sure I can stay in Torchline like Harper wants. It's too painful." And being in such close proximity to Maeve was certainly unsettling.
she sprouted love like flowers
grew a garden in her mind
grew a garden in her mind
