Barrow Fields fire and life incarnate

When she shifted, Roz kept part of her attention on Thuringwethil, but she couldn't bring herself to depart just yet.  But Caiaphas' movement did in fact reveal her shape, and as Rosalyn's eyes traveled over it, she was shocked.  She'd never pictured the bitter queen to be the mothering type, and felt sorry for those kids.  But now.... 

Her words, when they sank in, had just the effect intended.  Rosalyn felt an icy shot of pain, and though she lifted a lip in scorn, she wasn't able to hide the reaction completely.  "Liar," she replied, her tail lashing agitatedly behind her. "He's gone. And even if he wasn't, no way he'd come back to your ugly face."  The insult even felt weak as it left... Caiaphas has hit her mark, and if verbal bouts had scores, she was clearly winning this one.  She could be telling the truth; Rosalyn didn't know why Vlad had disappeared after their departure, or where he'd gone to.