Sleepy Fox Hollow Away, tryna be somebody else

surely she was better than whoever had raised this scathing welp. heda quieted but nothing of her reared hackles nor visible tension had eased.
she pulled her eyes from anselm's twisted face back to etienne. "what do you mean she can't be moved? will you take me to her?" breathless, the shadow of a plead beneath it as she tried not to glance toward the heavy presence again.