Noctisardor Bypass 15 Step

He spoke in their tongue- perhaps as a means of excluding Anselm from the conversation and for a moment she prepared herself to launch at the mop-faced funsuck if Etienne admitted that the wounds had come from him.

What he confessed made her much, much angrier. 

She fumed and bristled; she did her best to keep calm, knowing that Etienne would likely sense the hammering of her heartbeat. Only for him could she suppress such strong emotions- but on the inside, Suzu was screaming.

Anselm watched carefully; while she gritted her teeth together, she gave him a barely perceptible nod. He’d saved Etienne, it seemed. But it was difficult to be grateful when it seemed there was another adversary- one that summoned a great rage within her. 

”’E mutilated you so you would stay and tend to ‘is wife?” She asked, a quiet tremor in her voice. She glanced to Anselm. ”I want to speak wid ‘im.” She said firmly. Such an act was a crime- and he would learn that all children of Sapphique were protected, no matter where they roamed.