fallen [OPEN]

When Lucas gave her his name, Rhea offered a small smile and nodded. The wind whipping brought a shudder to the girl. She didn’t like being cold, which was why she had been wearing her furs before. They weren’t the best to fend of the intense chill, but they were better than a cloak.       The way that Lucas didn’t shiver finally registered with her, and she let out a huff of a laugh in the realization of his likely race, likely making him associate it with his confession of having fallen. Not what she meant to do, but she couldn’t take it back. Her smile was replaced with tight lips when he mentioned going home, and Rhea shook her head slowly. ”Lucas, I’m sorry, but there’s no reversing it. No one who has come here has ever gotten back to where they came from.” Hells, no one could even figure out how to get out of the dome, not that she was complaining. She was quite content as it was, but a change of scenery might have been kind of fun.       ”Come with me,” she said. ”My camp isn’t too far from here.” The tigress gestured towards the trees and persuaded another smile for him. ”While you seem to be unaffected by the cold, it’ll be a lot easier for me to explain what’s going on if my lips aren’t numb.” Her breath clouded in front of her as she huffed out another unsteady laugh, the frigid night air not exactly making breathing easy. RHEA into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul