Raven's Watch treasure planet

at the sound of the she-wolf's voice, teya felt as if she might dissolve into nothing from shame alone. valmua, the other said; she fought the way her mouth wanted to noiselessly form the word. pushing herself upright, gathering her limbs closer beneath her with only a brief wince toward her delicate ankle, the girl tried for the stars again.
"teya ishtar," she breathed, "of —" seelie court was no more. she was not certain where her companions had gone.
"— nowhere." as good an answer as any. shyness tightened the edges of her gaze. "i not stay for long." soon she would be off, teya meant to assure valmua, persuaded somehow by her own trepidation.