Evie
When hope and peace begin to fray
Humming pleasantly, the Evergreen snags at another carrot, enjoying the sweeter contrast as she bites into it. “I’d like that,” she murmurs, giving him a small smile. Mysteries and mayhem aside, the lessons themselves would be reason enough to go. Spending time just the two of them was the truly enjoyable part, regardless of what they ended up doing. Getting a break from their respective positions was merely a bonus.
“She may have already visited her by now and might have more information,” she points out, hoping so at the very least. The mystery wouldn’t leave her mind now that he’d planted the seed there, too accustomed to tackling problems and hunting down leads after living through the fall of the barrier and the freeing of The Voice. Waiting was usually a death sentence.
“Hey,” she wheedles in undertone as he snags one of her carrots, stealing one of his apple slices in some petty, minute form of revenge as she bites into it pointedly, juice streaking down her chin with her exuberance. “She had a bow, but it seemed like a standard one. I don’t think she used a whip at all.” Why is beyond her. Perhaps because it involved getting too close? Evie wouldn’t comprehend that given she’d ridden the monstrous thing.
“She may have already visited her by now and might have more information,” she points out, hoping so at the very least. The mystery wouldn’t leave her mind now that he’d planted the seed there, too accustomed to tackling problems and hunting down leads after living through the fall of the barrier and the freeing of The Voice. Waiting was usually a death sentence.
“Hey,” she wheedles in undertone as he snags one of her carrots, stealing one of his apple slices in some petty, minute form of revenge as she bites into it pointedly, juice streaking down her chin with her exuberance. “She had a bow, but it seemed like a standard one. I don’t think she used a whip at all.” Why is beyond her. Perhaps because it involved getting too close? Evie wouldn’t comprehend that given she’d ridden the monstrous thing.
know that daybreak is not far away
