Ankyra Sound you can’t save me

She repeated the phrase and Pie’s stomach began tying itself in knots. When Sobeille elaborated, she talked of the importance of the ritual without explaining what it actually entailed. Treepie felt mountaing apprehension swiftly tilting toward sickening fear.

Test… babies? she said rather inarticulately before sipping in a breath and adding, What exactly does this test involve?

She already knew she wasn’t going to like the answer. She already coudn’t believe her ears. Sobeille was a pragmatist, though this was something else entirely. “They never came back,” replayed in Pie’s head as she tore her eyes away to look at the innocent, playful pups.

When their yellow depths returned to Sobeille’s face, there was something new lurking in her gaze. Her teeth clenched as she stared at the other woman, waiting for what she knew would be damning words.