Maeve
Maeve forces herself to sit up a bit more, muscles protesting slightly after, but more from the physical labor she's been doing than anything else. She reaches down with her free hand, tugging up her shirt slightly to show her belly as if to confirm that there aren't any wounds. There is blood smeared on her skin there too, but no obvious wounds. She made it out unscathed. "It's not my blood." Maeve finally clarifies, accent thick across the words as she looks up to meet his eyes, brows drawing together in concern as she looks him over. Her fingers release her shirt and instead she reaches up to smudge at the soot on his cheek as if to wipe it away. "I'm not hurt. Nothing happened to me." Which was ridiculous luck given how unhinged Aurelia seemed to have been, throwing fire out without much care for where it landed.
He mentions the Wren Society and worry instantly fills her gut, twisting as she tenses as if to get up from the couch, but stops herself, "Good.. Good.. I guess whoever did it saw an opprotunity and took it." Maeve says softly, drawing in a shaky breath and letting it out after a moment, trying to calm her already shot nerves. Her head bobs in a short nod, "I was coming home and I saw someone stab Atlas. Ru's companion... There was smoke coming out of the door and I- I tried to help Atlas. Tried to stop the bleeding." Her throat tightens and she still remembers the fear in his eyes, the way the wound pulsed beneath her hands with each gush of blood. "Aurelia.. Aurelia stabbed him in the eye and I thought that was it, but he healed and tried to get away." Then there was fire. So much fire that Maeve narrowly escaped herself. She shakes her head, unable to force the words out.
"It was just chaos after that..." Maeve finishes, swallowing thickly as her eyes grow glassy, tears clinging to her lower lashes and refusing to fall yet. She meets his gaze before drawing in a shuddering breath, suddenly wrapping her arms around him in a tight embrace. "M'just glad you're okay too."
He mentions the Wren Society and worry instantly fills her gut, twisting as she tenses as if to get up from the couch, but stops herself, "Good.. Good.. I guess whoever did it saw an opprotunity and took it." Maeve says softly, drawing in a shaky breath and letting it out after a moment, trying to calm her already shot nerves. Her head bobs in a short nod, "I was coming home and I saw someone stab Atlas. Ru's companion... There was smoke coming out of the door and I- I tried to help Atlas. Tried to stop the bleeding." Her throat tightens and she still remembers the fear in his eyes, the way the wound pulsed beneath her hands with each gush of blood. "Aurelia.. Aurelia stabbed him in the eye and I thought that was it, but he healed and tried to get away." Then there was fire. So much fire that Maeve narrowly escaped herself. She shakes her head, unable to force the words out.
"It was just chaos after that..." Maeve finishes, swallowing thickly as her eyes grow glassy, tears clinging to her lower lashes and refusing to fall yet. She meets his gaze before drawing in a shuddering breath, suddenly wrapping her arms around him in a tight embrace. "M'just glad you're okay too."
Fight so dirty, but your love's so sweet
Talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth
Talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth
