Silver Creek get thee to a nunnery

Backdated to 01/05, after Addison's first meeting with @Steele. @Grayson & @Harrison

Soon, she finds herself back at the border again, this time with another in tow. She understands how bad it looks to be leading a man, rather than the opposite, so she slows her pace approaching the border and matches strides with Steele, eventually falling back. She stops, assuming that he will, too, and gives a howl for her brothers, announcing a newcomer.

You must do the talking, Addison informs him, knowing how absolutely contradictory this is--giving him orders to keep up the appearance that she does not give orders. Ha. I cannot have asked you here. We met while I was gathering herbs by the lake. You are seeking a home.

With that, she falls silent, staring away. Her glacial eyes scan the trees, looking for any sign of her brothers or the women that stay with them. Or. . .Iliksis. She wonders what he should feel, seeing her with another man, even in as innocent a scenario as this. She wants him to punish her for it.