The Sunspire double overtime

The girl's response to his words took him completely by surprise. He stepped back even as she did, eyes widening in confusion as suddenly her words became angry. Her statement ended with a venomous threat, partnered with a show of her teeth. His mind suddenly was filled with a vision of the other girl near the coast who had been mad and drove him away. How peculiarly similar their faces now looked--both so filled with anger unbefitting either of them.

Summer felt his heart ache as she turned and sprinted away from him. His confusion made him hesitate long enough for him to reign in the desire to chase after her and to make sure that she would be alright. A feeling of rejection began to stir somewhere in his chest, but he would not find it in himself to dwell on that yet, nor would he till much later that night. Concern for the girl was all he held within his heart, even as he turned away from her and strode miserably back towards the Spire.