Ankyra Sound the song is not the same when we're all played out

I'm so sorry for stalling on this! I kept thinking I was waiting for someone else to post, and then failed all over the place when I finally realized it was my turn. D:

The matriarch could see that she had startled the dark female, and it was that realization that stilled the surge of disappointment that threatened to overtake Aktaie. For all her loyalty, Caiaphas was still relatively knew to the ways of the Nereides. Ambition was clear in her actions, at least, and when they were all settled enough to return to a life of ritual, Aktaie was certain the woman would quickly find herself as a priestess of their ways.

She nodded in acknowledgement, eyes glancing over to the stirring male. To the darker woman, she said, "We will discover soon enough what the Drowned One has in store for this male, if anything. He should be brought back to the Sound."