I might’ve let them lay

my heart turns as if a tide. let anything happen, it says
wash me on the stones, curl me from the edge, cut me from the bone

Perhaps it's a ruse. A deflection, a projection upon her. That he cannot even handle the subject being brought up, it must bother him immensely. But for all that Aurelia would like to know about Ludo's Demi-god, Ronin's husband, Aoife's father, Hotaru's baby daddy, and whatever other title he might claim to hold, he shuts her out completely.

So when his back is turned to her, she turns her back to him as well, and moves away from his threatening presence. Her pawsteps are large enough to cover plenty of ground in little time, though she does cast one last glance over her shoulder at him.

Then, she leaves, an ill feeling pitted in the depth of her heart.

but let the softness of my heart never die

Aurelia

code credits go to Skylark!<3