Lion Head Mesa But the roses were only to drain my inspiration

Oh, well this was a surprise. Not entirely a welcome one when she was trying to get a break from…. basically everything those two words brought slamming back.

Lady Fennec. No one had called her that until Mereo. She had tolerated it then and tensed at it now.

Interesting choice, coming here. So leaving was personal. She said dryly, without bothering to leave the water. It didn’t matter that she was a visitor and he apparently lived here. Germanicus would be broken if he found out his son had joined this place and not told him, but that only increased her amusement. Maybe he’d learn something from it. But it wasn’t like he would be finding it out from her.

She didn’t owe him anything. If his son wanted to hide from him, that was his decision.