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the boy folded under her teeth and she stepped back, hackles still bristled in outrage. he had shown his place, which was enough for the siren queen, but she knew wylla to be far more hard-nosed. he owed them an explanation -- all of them -- and caiaphas held him unflinchingly in her gaze as she awaited an answer.

she did not like what she witnessed next. her blackened gums curled back as chusi's shadow spilled over arrille's hunched form. a bad move - a mistake - in the siren queen's eyes. the entire gesture undermined wylla, and suggested well chusi's allegiance without a single word ever uttered.

a plaintive, venomous look of scorn trickled down her thin face, and she pointed her muzzle straight towards chusi in an accusative, baleful stare.