Wheeling Gull Isle The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
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The wisp shot him a grateful expression, a smile that was only vaguely constricted. It wasn't something she liked to talk about much; Rhælla preferred to leave all that firmly in the past, turning towards the future, Aristos, resolutely. 

She shot him a more natural grin once he realized what she was looking towards - the entrance to the cavern. 

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"Let's check it out," the fallen heiress suggested eagerly, trotting ahead with her berry nose lifted in the air - lips parted as she scented the humid atmosphere for predators and other concealed threats. 

Cautiously, the dark Seelie slunk beneath the overhang, creeping into the cathedral of stone with flickering auds and darting gaze. It seemed that the abri was empty, uninhabited save for the occasional insect or rodent, gaze flicking up to natural skylights far above. 

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An exhilerated smirk lit upon her lips, halfgaze lighting over stone ledges and secretive rooms tucked away. Dim corridors branched into passageways, twigged into spacious niches, some winding away and begging investigation. 

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Though a closer look would have to wait - following one of the tunnels nearest the main cavern revealed a smaller hollow, home to a sapphire oasis that opened to the forest and swept into a gentle river, the Isle's main water source. 

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"This would make a great base for pack life," Rhælla mentioned to Connor after rejoining him, having looked over the place thoroughly.
"Even princesses and she-wolves bleed."
"Common." "Lirean."
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RE: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions - by Rhælla - August 01, 2019, 04:04 PM