Jade Fern Grove No one can unring this bell

Shivali doesn’t notice Uki in the distance and she barely notices Takiyok when she steps in beside her. She doesn’t know where to stare, angry at Siarut for what he’s done and a need to keep an eye on whoever the hell he brought to her doorstep. The only thing that saves her is her reaction, seemingly aware something wrong has happened and submitting to the threat. Maybe if she wasn’t already on the defense after earlier happenings, she might have time to think this was an accident, but road weary and tired has left little room for logical emotions.
 
“Who do you think you are?” she spits back, ears flickering when she hears Tahani’s voice a beat later, but her gaze is hard on her brother. “I would think you’d know better than to lead a stranger to my children,” she tells him, glancing over to her younger sister as if to find out if she’d been part of this too but her obliviousness gives her answer enough.