Ankyra Sound a gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff

he hadn’t spoken to her at all. even knowing that she was there, he hadn’t actively sought to find the woman. all he could imagine is that they would get into another disagreement and he would say plenty more thing that he might regret at a later time. even worse, illidan thought that he might find the nerve to say a few things that he didn’t regret later on. the last thing he needed was to drive someone away from his mother’s pack because he was too damaged to understand when he needed to stop.
 
that was until he heard the voice sound at his back. both ears swiveled to meet the curse that had been uttered. he wasn’t deaf – he wasn’t going to miss it. it was then that he instinctively lifted his skull upward to a suitable position for his rank and turned around to face her with an emotionless stare. “you’ve been hiding out,” illidan remarked with a frown and a single brow lifted upward in question.