Noctisardor Bypass lazing

Ellora cracked one eye open, peering at the pup through a single orange orb.

’I’ve never seen you before,’ he said.

“I would imagine not,” she replied, her voice flat and resigned to an inane conversation with a child. Goodbye, nap. She opened both eyes and stared at him, but did not sit up.

“My name is Ellora,” she said. “I am new to Rivenwood.” She fell silent and waited, expecting this child to inundate her with questions, as all children seemed to do.