I had not ever really known the ex-alpha’s children and so I could not have known that the older girl before me could not hear. Her expression is deadpan and as I raise my head from the lake I gulp quietly. Perhaps it is just because she does not remember me. The nervous wagging of my tail betrays my touch of anxiety yet I speak to her with a bit of confidence in my voice.
”I’m Rapier. You used to be my brother’s friend… I think.” I don’t know, maybe she wasn’t. Maybe they just saw each other around the territory.
I shuffled my paws with unease, my green eyes turning from her quickly before looking back as I spoke again.
”Well, I just left Asteraia… for good. I don’t like the new alphas. They are… different. I don’t know what it is. I just wanted you to know because I liked your mom. Well… what I knew of her anyway. I was really young back then.” I continued to ramble on until I turned away again as my words trailed off. Of course I would make myself look like a fool in front of the exiled princess. Why am I so stupid? I could nearly beat my head against a rock right now for how I was handling this.
Sheepishly, I looked back to her, that expressionless stare telling nothing of how she thought or felt of my company, much less what I had said. My ears laid back slightly as I began to apologize.
”Sorry, I was talking about myself too much… How have you been since… well, you know, the overturn?” I asked her as I chanced another look into those deadly teal and black rimmed eyes.