The Heartwood blackwound

no worries at all! this is shaping up to be incredibly interesting already 0_0

sayf's greeting and the stranger's howdy overlapped one another. teya was a freeze-frame of surprise, one paw still lifted from where she had been taking her next step. she set it down and looked at them both, grey-orange ears sweeping forward.
sayf received a tremulous, surprised smile. despite herself and the reneging she had done upon her decision, teya told herself there was nothing wrong with looking at him, at least. he was still handsome, and she remembered the things his mo —
the little violet turned her eyes onto the newcomer, a rangy rogue of a man who regarded her with a winning interest. "hello." her gaze lingered on him as well, and between both sets of eyes she found herself quite breathless but not quite quailing.
"what are two of you doing in rainstorm?" teya asked conversationally, her coolwater gaze shifting between sayf and the other.