Ravensblood Forest Pretense against Pretext

few things made sobeille’s blood run cold, but seeing @Kukuvrak among those gathered had her halting immediately.

dats one of de men dat chased me, sobeille hissed in a sotto voice into @Shadess and @Lafayette’s ears, pulling both covertly aside as the procession moved.

how he - an enemy to sobeille through and through - came to be among their rescue party vexed the emerald, who kept her ears and eyes upon him as they moved into formation. among the strangers she saw the familiar face of arrluk; a long look sent through the gleaming darkness for her kill-brother.

around her the night thrummed with quiet energy; she felt it pulse in her blood and ripple excitingly through her skin. a tentative peace settled among the blackwood.

sobeille intended to break it.