Stone Circle and i've lost a few good friends along the way

indra thought she detected the subtlest shift at the mention of xan; what was that fleeting expression, that darted across steph's inscrutable expression? she did not wish to chase it, but she was curious all the same. perhaps there were familial tensions at play -- indra certainly would have understood.. after all, did she not come from the most broken of families?

it didn't matter steph knew not of the hollow - it was a chapter in indra's life closed forever. "it's not that far from here." indra mentioned casually, belatedly surprised that for a pack so close by, steph did not know of it. "nice people.. but they had no room for laurel's puppies." an edge of bitterness cut her voice; were they truly nice, given they had turned her and laurel away to the dogs? indra tried not to think of terance's betrayal, for that was a knife that sunk deep and twisted in her thorny heart.