My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room
He's quiet through the whole thing and she doesn't know if that's worse than him raging. If it was rage, she could handle it, work through it, bring him down from it. Except it isn't rage. It is silent and stony. Cold and calculating. He examines her with scrutiny in his steel gaze, jaw set, and shoulders tight. It sets her on edge, uneasiness palpable in the air, making Aidon shift minutely at her side.
Maeve locks eyes with him, "I didn't know she was able to use lightning. I knew she was Abandoned, but I didn't know her powers. So, no, I didn't know it was her who attacked Aurelia. She wasn't visible. I saw the light and heard the scream, but it was like it came from nowhere." This is true. Very true. Maeve honestly didn't know what Hotaru's powers were. That she was able to bend lightning to her will. If he really looks at her, meets her gaze and scans her features, it'll be clear that this isn't a lie. "I saw Atlas outside the door, a saw a man attack him as I approached after seeing the smoke, I tried to help him." She sighs heavily, dropping her chin towards her chest for a moment, sorting through the feelings that twist in her gut and finding she isn't able to.
"In regard to your ring? No, I'm sorry. The Wren Society... Jata, I don't know if you think it was her, but I don't think she would have done anything with my girls in there. With children in there. Locke was there when it happened and he didn't see anyone. He would have told me." Maeve draws her bottom lip between her teeth, fingers twisting in her skirt as her free hand strokes across Aidon's scales, tracing over the small horns at the top of his head.
Maeve locks eyes with him, "I didn't know she was able to use lightning. I knew she was Abandoned, but I didn't know her powers. So, no, I didn't know it was her who attacked Aurelia. She wasn't visible. I saw the light and heard the scream, but it was like it came from nowhere." This is true. Very true. Maeve honestly didn't know what Hotaru's powers were. That she was able to bend lightning to her will. If he really looks at her, meets her gaze and scans her features, it'll be clear that this isn't a lie. "I saw Atlas outside the door, a saw a man attack him as I approached after seeing the smoke, I tried to help him." She sighs heavily, dropping her chin towards her chest for a moment, sorting through the feelings that twist in her gut and finding she isn't able to.
"In regard to your ring? No, I'm sorry. The Wren Society... Jata, I don't know if you think it was her, but I don't think she would have done anything with my girls in there. With children in there. Locke was there when it happened and he didn't see anyone. He would have told me." Maeve draws her bottom lip between her teeth, fingers twisting in her skirt as her free hand strokes across Aidon's scales, tracing over the small horns at the top of his head.
Maeve
