Moonspear your protector

Alya offered Rannoch one last smile before turning and picking her way delicatly into the territory. The conversation could have gone a bit better, of course, but Alya liked to count her blessings before her failures. Otherwise, how would they ever measure their progress?

The dark girl mulled over this as she sought out her sisters, intent on sharing news of the encounter with them as soon as she possibly could. They needed to keep their stories straight, after all, and Lyra would have to know how to act if she ran into Rannoch and decided to seek succor in Alya's identity.