Broken Antler Fen We don't talk anymore.

teya agreed with a nod. "but she also has akavir." to figure out, and this time the bitterness did flit into her heart, lodging there like an ugly wound. but bridget — she was afraid to tell bridget everything, lest the cardinal feel betrayed in some way.
she did not feel less for the red-masque. it was only different between them. for instance, the woman before her now had never made her feel unwanted, much less for a man who had been absent and remained absent.
"we will see what eljay says," she decided, standing to her paws and dusting earth from her coat. she smiled at bridget. "i have what i want."
she meant to urge bridget off now, perhaps for a swim in the blue-crystalline waters of the clearer fen; teya wanted to exist outside of it all, but not alone.