They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
Rexanna offer to have his back against Zariah caused Loren to smile briefly. There was a sad edge to it, though. ”I appreciate it. But...I wonder if...maybe she’d react better to an appeal from her family.” It wasn’t much—and he didn’t even necessarily believe it was true, not if his cousin really had grown into a tyrant as everyone claimed—but after everything Zariah had done, the summoner wanted to minimize the harm she could do to others. He’d already suffered so much at the hands of his kin that a little bit more would just be a drop in the ocean. Besides, he’d heal.
Thankfully, the blue-eyed woman didn’t follow up on his dragon comment. However, when she brought up her upgrade, he glanced at her, surprise writ large on his features. ”That’s useful. What does it do, exactly? And does it affect your own magic?” Given that she’d just said she hadn’t tested it, it was entirely possible she didn’t know. ”Probably best not to test it when we might need all the magic we have.” Indeed, LongNight was not the best time for experimentation.
As she climbed down to sit next to him, his smile returned for a fleeting moment; as their shoulders touched, he nudged her, glad for some adult company. Beatrix and Jace were great, but they were also a handful. ”How was fucking around? And...I don’t think I know Alistair? And uhhhhh sorry, if those are too personal.” Maybe those were too intimate questions to ask—especially the first, though the Launceleyn knew a little bit about disappearing on loved ones—but fucking around had been recommended to the summoner by Frey, so he may as well find out what he could about it. ”I’m glad you two became more than friends.” Rexanna and Bastien’s relationship had been just about the only bright spot in the Hollowed Grounds recently.
Thankfully, the blue-eyed woman didn’t follow up on his dragon comment. However, when she brought up her upgrade, he glanced at her, surprise writ large on his features. ”That’s useful. What does it do, exactly? And does it affect your own magic?” Given that she’d just said she hadn’t tested it, it was entirely possible she didn’t know. ”Probably best not to test it when we might need all the magic we have.” Indeed, LongNight was not the best time for experimentation.
As she climbed down to sit next to him, his smile returned for a fleeting moment; as their shoulders touched, he nudged her, glad for some adult company. Beatrix and Jace were great, but they were also a handful. ”How was fucking around? And...I don’t think I know Alistair? And uhhhhh sorry, if those are too personal.” Maybe those were too intimate questions to ask—especially the first, though the Launceleyn knew a little bit about disappearing on loved ones—but fucking around had been recommended to the summoner by Frey, so he may as well find out what he could about it. ”I’m glad you two became more than friends.” Rexanna and Bastien’s relationship had been just about the only bright spot in the Hollowed Grounds recently.
LOREN
