As Fox's words left her mouth Amelie flinched visibly, had she asked on purpose --to press salt on her wound-- or had she made a careless question? Either way, the sound of his name made her feel like a dagger had suddenly been shoved into her throat. The girl felt the need to jerk her face away and run off but she knew that Fox would not accept that. Had it been any other packmate she might've excused herself, but Fox was the Alpha and therefore she had to stay; as painful as it were.
"I-I... Yes" she answered with a chocked exhale as her vocal cords slowly twisted into a knot. She would've wanted to counter attack with a question of her own, but she couldn't bring herself to spit out the words. Why was she asking this? How did she even know there was --or had been-- something between them? Had Kisu gushed their inexistent relationship to every Plateu wolf?
No. Kisu was not the kind of man to gossip. He didn't even speak much.
The girl's gaze lowered to the ground, suddenly interloping with the hollow eye socket on the crow's fractured body. Her tail slowly began to crawl away, laying flat against her thighs -- what was this about; she wondered as she dared to lift her gaze onto the female's face only to dart her eyes away when she saw her still there.
