Rising Sun Valley Ears ring and teeth click and

So maybe his entrance was more like a wrecking ball than a parting of clouds, but Tybault wasn't much for self-analysis just then. What did reach him was the way his siblings immediately chastised him, almost in unison. His eyes flicked to Everett first, never a shortage of venom in them for his least favored brother. But Ophelia —
No. He cast the name aside, apologies already spilling from him. I'm sorry, I won't, I didn't know - wait wait wait DAMNIT - He stepped back as he swore, realizing she was already gone. His fault. That was his fault. Fuck. He couldn't look at her, not when she was like that, so he looked at Everett instead. A long moment passed.
I'm sorry, Words not meant for his brother, but he would witness them all the same, because if not him then no one at all. Their sister was gone. Gone, and it was his fault, and he knew he would never apologize to her, not after this moment. Not the way she deserved. He never could.