Dragoncrest Cliffs Lost pearl

he stood before her and asked the unthinkable. sobeille's expression darkened, an ember of resentment kindling to life in a throat raw with anger.

i was kidnapped -- she snapped back, hackles flaring as the memory - the injustice  - of it all came flooding back to her. the indignity of being hauled; the heartsickness; the long and lonely nights spent wondering of her maman -- anyone -- searched for her.

if anyone cared at all.

in the end, no one came to rescue sapphique's lost pearl. the girl stolen by sivaak had grown into a woman shown true hardship. gone was the safe harbor of sapphique, replaced by a shore cold and indifferent to suffering.

she saw the way he wavered and a repulsive, ophidian instinct slithered in between the bloody spaces of her heart. carefully reeling in the volcanic surge of emotions seeping from between her tightly clenched chest, sobeille looked him up and down before delivering a terse response.

dey be down de coast.