Emberwood goodbye, sweet prince

<3!

in time, madeline drew herself up sharply, her ears quivering doelike atop her slender head. "come away! we are watched!" to which claudia frowned, the gesture removing none of her charm. "madeline, you are altogether too nervous a creature." her bright eyes, turning in the direction indicated by her guardian, soon spotted a creature striding toward them. his stance was masculine -- the child soon became aware of his maleness.

madeline grew shy, her ears folding against her skull, but the weight of her duty to claudia soon brought her forward with an imperious step. "what is it you wish, monsieur?" she asked, placing herself between the child and the man. claudia was all too pleased to watch these events unfold, standing at madeline's slim heel.