Swiftcurrent Creek This isn't funny. Come back!

Arlette's heart swelled when Thyme was being so adorable when meeting Merrit and introducing himself. Her heart warmed, however, that didn't last long when her brother grew serious. Arlette mimicked the expression, hesitant about what he was about to say. He did agree that he had to visit them, but clearly, there was something that had stopped him from doing so.

Arlette's mind couldn't be stopped from speculating. Maybe Greyback and Valette hadn't liked that he kept her location a secret and forbade him from seeing her? Or maybe he never told them and couldn't just leave for days on end? Or... Well, Greyback was older than their mother. Perhaps... it wouldn't be too crazy. Her blood-red eyes looked at her brother. "Well out with it," she told him, not that naive and submissive little girl anymore since she joined the Saints. Not realizing how much she sounded like their mother.