Blacktail Deer Plateau stardust

to his satisfaction, she did not shy away as aviana had, answering his question with even a small smile. she was aloof, but not averse. but there was something else, something wrong.

"you arrived at the plateau while i was away," aditya remarked, casting a sideways glance at the woman as they walked. "how did you come to be here?" his question came from a place of curiosity, him naturally having no idea the kind of emotions that query could unleash within her.

she had been a relatively quiet presence on the plateau. adi knew through secondhand talk that she had been the one to tend to grayday and lavender after their run-in with the rogue at the border, but other than that. . .raid had kept mostly to herself, and aditya barely knew her at all.