Vervain
That’s all they could do right now - hope. Vai couldn’t help but smile as she felt Felix curl in on himself, her fingertips moving back to absently smooth through his hair, as if out of habit. She fell quiet after that, watching the flickering shadows on the ceiling from the candlelight, eyes slowly slipping shut. Vai might have even drifted off were it not for the sound of her son’s voice; she blinked down at him, smiling warmly.
”I’ll be just fine,” she promised him, leaning in to kiss his forehead. ”He asked me to hold the fort here, to take care of Seren. So that’s what I’ll do until he gets back.” With the easy calm of one who had children, she made it sound almost easy. And anything behind that? Well, that would be dealt with later.
”I’ll be just fine,” she promised him, leaning in to kiss his forehead. ”He asked me to hold the fort here, to take care of Seren. So that’s what I’ll do until he gets back.” With the easy calm of one who had children, she made it sound almost easy. And anything behind that? Well, that would be dealt with later.
